A Plantation Map
The area just north of Charleston, South Carolina, was once the site of dozens of plantations, including the Ophir Plantation owned by the Porcher family. This...
An Abolitionist’s Refusal
Abolitionists William Still and Passmore Williamson rescued the Johnson family enslaved to the U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua. Served with a writ of habeas corpus that...
Banned from Flight
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, an international singing sensation, faced discrimination when on tour. En route to a concert from Honolulu to Australia, Ella Fitzgerald...
Batman No. 1
This first issue of the Batman comic book series was used in a copyright District Court case: Fox Publications, Inc. v. Detective Comics, Inc., Independent News Co.,...
Batter up!
This ad was an exhibit in a Federal District court suit over endorsement rights concerning autographed baseball bats.
Blown out of proportion
The oil well in this 1929 photograph was a fake. It was an exhibit in a mail fraud case, U.S. v. Frederick Cook, et. al. Cook and his associates were convicted of...
Born in the U.S.A.
Initially denied reentry to the United States upon his return from an 1894 visit to China, San Francisco-born Wong Kim Ark was determined to be “a citizen of the...