The Negro in American History: A taste of freedom, 1854-1927Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1972 - African Americans Source material quoting from diaries, letters, court decisions, poetry, statements, articles, etc. by 137 different authors. |
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... Bill in a speech to the Senate , April 4 , 1866. Trumbull brilliantly turned Johnson's own words against him by quoting an earlier Johnson address attacking a veto by President Buchanan . Largely because of Trumbull's objections and ...
... Bill in a speech to the Senate , April 4 , 1866. Trumbull brilliantly turned Johnson's own words against him by quoting an earlier Johnson address attacking a veto by President Buchanan . Largely because of Trumbull's objections and ...
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... bill substantially as it is now returned with the President's objections . After the bill was introduced and printed , a copy was furnished him ; and , at a subse- quent period , when it was reported that he was hesitating about signing ...
... bill substantially as it is now returned with the President's objections . After the bill was introduced and printed , a copy was furnished him ; and , at a subse- quent period , when it was reported that he was hesitating about signing ...
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... bill has ever before been proposed or adopted . He says " the tendency of this bill must be to resuscitate the spirit of the rebellion . " What assumption in one who denies the authority to punish those who violate United States laws ...
... bill has ever before been proposed or adopted . He says " the tendency of this bill must be to resuscitate the spirit of the rebellion . " What assumption in one who denies the authority to punish those who violate United States laws ...
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ALAIN LOCKE The High Cost of Prejudice | 3 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR Nixon v Herndon | 10 |
WILLIAM PICKENS The Emperor of Africa | 20 |
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