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8 Jan 2024, 6:00 am by Bruce Hoffman
Despite the failed efforts during Reconstruction to guarantee the rights of Black Americans in the South, the Ku Klux Klan as an organization was nonetheless effectively “smashed. [read post]
5 Jan 2024, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On February 19, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson signed an act of Congress approving Ohio’s boundaries and constitution. [read post]
4 Jan 2024, 12:44 pm by John Elwood
Under the new policy, the percentage of admissions offers made to Asian Americans fell from 73% to 54%, while the percentage of offers made to students of other races increased: offers to Black and Hispanic students roughly quadrupled (from 2% to 8% for Black students; from 3% to 11% for Hispanic students), and offers to white students increased almost a quarter (from 18% to 22%). [read post]
1 Jan 2024, 6:45 am
Thomas Inge described Disney's famous character in his essay "Mickey Mouse": "Like Felix, Bimbo, Oswald, most of the animated film characters who preceded him, Mickey had a black body and head, large white eyeballs, and a white area around the mouth -- all characteristic of African Americans as portrayed stereotypically in cartoons, illustrations, and advertising of the time and based on the image of minstrel show performers in black face. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Noah Brown
Justice Clarence Thomas, in dissent, wrote that the majority will require Alabama to redraw its districts so that Black voters can control a share of seats proportional to their share of Alabama’s population and contended that Section 2 “demands no such thing. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 4:31 am by Beatrice Yahia
Pierre Thomas, Jack Date, Alexander Mallin, and Julia Cherner report for ABC News. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The lawmaker left the conversation worried Thomas might resign. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 11:16 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Even so, Marcus offers that and other equally weak "what if/maybe/but gee/I'm uncomfortable" arguments in support of her claim that "[t]he best outcome, for the court and the country, would be for a unanimous court — preferably an 8-0 court with Justice Clarence Thomas recusing himself — to clear the way for Trump to run. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 6:55 am by Johanna Silver
Thomas Our efforts against racially discriminatory gerrymandering and to expand voting rights will become more crucial than ever during the upcoming election year. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 12:17 pm by Josh Blackman
But Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett votes to grant cert. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
Thomas Porteous, had been impeached by the House for, among other things, benefits received by his children, including gifts related to a wedding. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
DeSantis’ Campaign and Allied Super PAC Face New Concerns About Legal Conflicts, AP Sources Say MSN – Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont (Associated Press) | Published: 12/12/2023 As Florida Gov. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 2:21 pm by BenchMark
These four toys have been recalled because they present a choking hazard for young children: Fisher Price issued a recall of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Paint toys (model #HBJ90, gray with yellow paint splatter) and Troublesome Truck & Crates toys (model number HBJ89, gray and black) after reports that a plastic part became loose and fell off, posing a choking hazard. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Leslie C. Griffin
Apprendi, Jr. shot several bullets into the house of the only Black family in town. [read post]