Decades before Thurgood Marshall was sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court on October 2, 1967, the man who would become its first Black justice had already transformed American law. Known as “Mr. Civil ...

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For about two centuries, a towering black pine stood in the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, becoming one of its most cherished landmarks. JRR Tolkien loved sitting beneath its shade, Philip ...

JRR Tolkien is pictured next to the tree in August 1973 in what is believed to be one of the last photographs of The Lord of the Rings author For about two centuries, a towering black pine stood in ...