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I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over
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Why Byron Allen’s Comcast Settlement Win Is an “L” for Black America
Earlier this year, Allen’s legal challenge reached the United States Supreme Court to determine whether Allen could proceed with his civil action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of
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Powell v. Alabama (1932)
October 10, 1932, Argued
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Nigeria: 2020 Budget - Senate Pegs Oil Price Benchmark At $28 Per Barrel
The Senate on Tuesday put the benchmark price for crude oil in the 2020 budget at $28 per
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The Crown Act: Hair-based discrimination now illegal in 12th US state
Nevada is the latest state to pass the 'The Crown Act', a law that makes hair-based discrimination illegal.
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Fight continues to include undocumented Caribbean immigrants in US Congressional Apportionment | New York Carib News
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion for partial summary judgment or, in the alternative, a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit to halt US President Donald Trump's efforts to illegally leave millions of the undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants out of the Congressional
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Zimbabwe: No Constitutional Crisis, Says Govt '. . . Courts Are Functional'
[The Herald] Chief Court Reporter
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African American History and Women Timeline 1920-1929
[Previous] [Next] 1920s • Harlem Renaissance: also called the New Negro Movement, a blossoming of arts, culture, and social action in the African American community • 19th Amendment to the US Constitution became law, but practically this did not give the vote to Southern African American women, who,
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VP resignation debate: Madhuku got it wrong
BY ALEX T MAGAISA Lovemore Madhuku has written a legal opinion concerning the applicability of section 96(2) of the Constitution to the resignation of a Vice-President. It was in part a reply to an opinion I had offered last week on the same subject. This followed the resignation of Vice-President
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was the seminal post-Reconstruction Supreme Court decision that judicially validated state sponsored segregation in public facilities by its creation and endorsement of the “separate but equal” doctrine as satisfying the Constitutional requirements provided in
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CJ Malaba ouster plot thickens - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MOSES MATENGA/HARRIET CHIKANDIWA HUMAN rights lawyers and civic groups are piling legal pressure for Chief Justice Luke Malaba to resign ahead The post CJ Malaba ouster plot thickens appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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(1849) Frederick Douglass, “On Mexico”
On June 8, 1849, Frederick Douglass gave a major oration at Faneuil Hall in Boston soon after he returned from Europe. The speech addressed a number of issues including the politics of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. After his main address, Douglass returned to the podium following an eulogy by
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PPP/C did not renege on commitment to constitutional reform
He was a regular visitor to Guyana and therefore, must have been very knowledgeable of political, economic and social developments in Guyana while he served briefly as economic adviser to Dr. Jagan and later, as Ambassador to Brussels appointed by President Bharrat Jagdeo, both being very
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Kenya: MPs Can Remove You, Speaker Justin Muturi Warns CJ Martha Koome in Summonses Row
[Nation] National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has warned that MPs have powers to approve appointment and also initiate the removal of a Chief Justice (CJ).
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Zimbabwe: Suits Pile Up Against ED's Constitutional Amendment Laws
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has again been dragged to court by two top lawyers Eric Matinenga and Beatrice Mtetwa for assenting to a Bill giving him powers to control the judiciary.
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The president must engage with the leader of the opposition as mandated by the constitution - Stabroek News
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the
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Nigeria: Ban On Open Grazing By Southern Governors Unconstitutional - Malami
[Premium Times] Mr Malami said the decision of the southern governors does not align with the provisions of the constitution.
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Florida Sheriff Tells Residents to Shoot Looters As More Rioting Follows George Floyd’s Death – Free Press of Jacksonville
A Florida sheriff has put looters on notice: Gun owners in his county should use their firearms to kill
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Vote could keep Putin in power until 2036
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Polls opened in Russia yesterday for a week-long vote on constitutional changes that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until
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Raymond A. Pearson v. Donald G. Murray (1936)
January 15, 1936, Decided
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EFF charges DA is trying to 'delegitimise' constitutional amendment process | News24
The EFF has accused the DA of trying to "delegitimise" the process of the Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution.
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How different was this Madaraka Day celebration from last year
The two fetes though held in the same season, a season of new normal owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, have a sharp contrasts.
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Liberia: Solicitor General Endorses Establishment of Transitional Justice Commission to Review TRC Recommendations
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Plenary of the Liberian Senate on Wednesday constituted itself into a committee of a whole to begin public hearings into its leadership's recommendation on the way forward in implementing the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee.
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Constitution of the African Civilization Society, 1796
Preamble: It has pleased Almighty God to permit the interior of Africa to be made known to us during the last few years, by the efforts of missionaries and explorers, to an extent hitherto deemed almost impossible. The facts which have become public concerning its climate, soil, productions, mineral
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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent his civil right message to Congress urging it to pass a civil rights act.  The message was immediately prompted by the action of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in physically blocking the entrance of two African American students whom a federal
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11
1963
South Africa: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - ANC's Proposal to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution
[Daily Maverick] After years of public hearings, multiple debates and several versions of the anticipated amendment to section 25 of the Constitution, the latest proposal by the ANC has left us with more questions than answers.
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Douglas, H. Ford (1831-1865)
Captain H. Ford Douglas was born in Virginia in 1831 to a white man named William Douglas, and an enslaved mother named Mary.  He escaped from slavery sometime after his fifteenth birthday, and moved to
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