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Todd S. Purdum

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The Unprecedented Bravery of Olivia de Havilland

The 'Gone With the Wind' film legend, who died at age 104, went up against a broken Hollywood studio system—and helped change the industry forever.

by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on July 26, 2020
Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.

by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on April 26, 2019

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LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

How LBJ Saved the Civil Rights Act

Fifty years later, new accounts of its fraught passage reveal the era's real hero—and it isn’t the Supreme Court.

by Michael O'Donnell via The Atlantic on March 19, 2014

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