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(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”
By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against
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Best African Players in European Football (Soccer)
The most successful African soccer player of all time and one of the supreme strikers of the last 10 years, Eto’o made a headline grabbing move to Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2011. The ambitious Russian club wanted a marquee signing and Eto’o’s consistency for Mallorca, Barcelona and Inter Milan
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Sims, Ronald Cordell (1948- )
On May 8, 2009, Ronald Cordell Sims became the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Sims now second-in-command of the federal agency will oversee day-to-day operations of the Department which has an annual budget of $39 billion and some 8,500 employees.  A long
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Namibia's Strategy to Borrow Over N$21b
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, said Friday it is working on new diversity and inclusion efforts amid the continuing criticism over the lack of diverse nominees for the film industry’s highest
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Malawi: State Drops Charges Against 4 Suspected Reserve Bank of Malawi Fraud
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(1987) Clarence Thomas, “Why Black Americans Should Look to Conservative Politics”
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