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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... legislation . A statute may be valid , and yet , upon grounds of public policy , may well be characterized as unreasonable . Mr. Sedgwick correctly states the rule when he says that the legislative intention being clearly ascertained ...
... legislation . A statute may be valid , and yet , upon grounds of public policy , may well be characterized as unreasonable . Mr. Sedgwick correctly states the rule when he says that the legislative intention being clearly ascertained ...
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... legislation . To enforce what ? To enforce the prohibition . To adopt appropriate legislation for correcting the effects of such prohibited state laws and state acts , and thus to render them effec- tually null , void , and innocuous ...
... legislation . To enforce what ? To enforce the prohibition . To adopt appropriate legislation for correcting the effects of such prohibited state laws and state acts , and thus to render them effec- tually null , void , and innocuous ...
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... legislation , the provisions of the amendment . The law in question , without any reference to adverse state legislation on the subject , declares that all persons shall be entitled to equal accommodations and privileges of inns ...
... legislation , the provisions of the amendment . The law in question , without any reference to adverse state legislation on the subject , declares that all persons shall be entitled to equal accommodations and privileges of inns ...
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