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11Political machine — A political machine is an unofficial system of a political organization based on patronage, the spoils system, behind the scenes control, and longstanding political ties within the structure of a representative democracy. Machines sometimes have… …
12I Am - Somebody — is a poem by Reverend Jesse Jackson. According to The Reader s Companion to American History , the poem was written as part of push Excel, a program designed to motivate black students. [http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah… …
13Presidency of Gerald Ford — Gerald Ford served 29 months as President from 1974 to 1977.AccessionWhen President Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal on August 9, 1974, Ford assumed the presidency. Immediately after taking the oath of office in the… …
14Medical Research Council (UK) — Medical Research Council MRC logo Abbreviation MRC Formation 1913 Legal status Government agency Purpose/focus …
15Michigan State University College of Law — Parent school Michigan State University Established 1891 School type Independent, non profit corporation Parent endowment US $1.449 billion …
16Frank Leslie — (1821 1880) was an English born American engraver, illustrator, and publisher of family periodicals.BiographyLeslie was born on March 29, 1821, [Nelson, Randy F. The Almanac of American Letters . Los Altos, California: William Kaufmann, Inc.,… …
17American Jews — Ethnic group group = American Jews Steven Spielberg • Barbra Streisand • Jon Stewart Norman Mailer • Michael Bloomberg • Albert Einstein Scarlett Johansson • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Mel Brooks Louis Brandeis • Hank Greenberg • Milton Friedman pop …
18Black Codes (United States) — The Black Codes were laws passed on the state and local level mainly in the rural Southern states in the United States to limit the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans. While some northern states also passed legislation… …
19Redeemers — For the marvel comics superhero group, see Redeemers (comics).The Redeemers were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era, who sought to oust the Republican coalition of freedmen, carpetbaggers and… …
20African American literature — is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. The genre traces its origins to the works of such late 18th century writers as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, reaching early high points with slave… …
