President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act on Sept. 9, 1957. (Henry Burroughs/AP) “When I became President, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United ...

After the war, in 1948, he became president of Columbia University. Two years later President Truman asked him to assume supreme command over the new NATO forces. With the 1952 presidential ...

President Donald Trump announced on social media Monday that he will speak during the University of Alabama commencement ceremony. "I have agreed to do the commencement address at two really great ...