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101Furnifold McLendel Simmons — (20 January 1854 30 April 1940) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1901 and 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on… …
102History of Georgia (U.S. state) — The History of Georgia spans Pre Columbian time to the present day.PrehistoryBefore European contact, Native American cultures are divided into four time periods: Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian. The Mississippian culture,… …
103Blue Laws (Connecticut) — The Blue Laws of the Colony of Connecticut, as distinct from the generic term blue law that refers to any laws regulating activities on Sunday, were the initial statutes set up by the Gov. Theophilus Eaton with the assistance of the Rev. John… …
104Literacy test — refers to the government practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level, and potential voters at the state level. The federal government first employed literacy tests as part of the immigration process in 1917.… …
105Civil Rights Act of 1957 — The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85 315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction following… …
106Murphy J. Foster — Murphy James Foster United States Senator from Louisiana In office March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913 Preceded by …
107Thomas Wilson Dorr — (November 5, 1805 ndash; December 27, 1854), American politician and reformer, known for leading the Dorr Rebellion, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Sullivan and Lydia (Allen) Dorr. His father was a prosperous manufacturer and… …
108James Chaney — see also|Mississippi civil rights workers murdersJames Earl J.E. Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was one of three American civil rights workers who was murdered during Freedom Summer by members of the Ku Klux Klan near Philadelphia,… …
109Smith v. Allwright — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Smith v. Allwright ReargueDate=January 12 ReargueYear=1944 DecideDate=April 3 DecideYear=1944 FullName=Smith v. Allwright, Election Judge, et al. USVol=321 USPage=649 Citation= Prior= Subsequent= Holding=Primary elections… …
110Constitution of Hawaii — The Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi refers to various legal documents throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands that defined the fundamental principles of authority and governance within its sphere of jurisdiction. Numerous… …
