Glencoe’s American Journey offers one line summing up these revolutionary conventions: “By 1868, seven Southern states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina — had established new governments and met the requirements for readmission.” ..…
Alleged child sex abuser Roy Moore lost his bid to be a Senator for Alabama despite that (or because?) ... Fifty-one percent of the American public is female. That is a majority. . . ..…
Misinformation concerning ex-convicts’ voting rights is not just an Alabama problem. Per research by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, state rules on felony disenfranchisement are so varied and complicated that it is not uncommon..…
This practice went on until 1928 when Alabama finally outlawed it. . . Back in the 1990s, a supremely evil conservative lobbyist group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — best known in the ’80s for hating the gays and loving South African apartheid — fought for..…
King used the example of Alabama, and employed underhanded methods to prevent Black people from registering to vote. This happened even yet not African- American was registered to vote.. ..…
That happened Alabama and not as much as Mississippi, Mark Potok, senior fellow at Southern Poverty Law Center and editor-in-chief of Intelligence Report, told Atlanta Black Star.. ..…
There was time launched by another pipe-dreamer, Ross Perot, in 1992 and shattered by the ball of Pat Buchanan in 2000.. ..…
Some reporter should have asked today's Alabama protesters how many of the Ten Commandments they could recite. ... The protesters say American law is based on the Commandments. A reporter should have asked, 'All of them?' ..…
BOSTON - This summer, Iraqi went to one of Islamic courts springing up in the city of Najaf to confess to the judge that he had killed his mother.. ..…
HB 607 (“American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment”) . Introduced: May 4, 2011 . ... SB 33 (“American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment”) . Introduced: Feb. 7, 2012 . ..…
Moreover, the two southern cities, Philadelphia, Mississippi and Selma, Alabama, where the most publicized misconduct by white police officials occurred in 1964 and 1965, now have African-American mayors. ... Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos During the march for voting rights, Selma, Alabama,..…
At the urging of friend from Alabama, Reyes-LeRey contacted OccupyHomesMN, which in turn contacted American Indian Movement Minneapolis. ..…