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Apr 15, 2016 · With Washington, D.C.'s mayor calling for a vote on statehood, it begs the question, why wasn't the it made a state in the first place?
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“Cox has not been good” Elections, Federal Judges, and Desegregation President Kennedy and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas “Nick” Katzenbach held a brief telephone call about Kennedy judicial appointees in Louisiana and Mississippi (particularly Harold Cox) presenting problems in desegregation cases.
“God, they really blew that hotel up, didn't they?” Birmingham Bombings and the Question of Troops On Friday, 10 May, the White House helped broker a historic agreement between civil rights leaders and white business leaders in Birmingham to desegregate the city’s downtown businesses. The next night, just before midnight, bombs exploded at the home...
“The trouble with King is everybody thinks he's our boy” Black Leaders and Civil Rights Bill Ideas The protests in Birmingham and the ensuing national and international attention spurred the White House to rethink its civil rights agenda. Earlier in 1963, on 28 February, President Kennedy had announced plans to push for a hodgepodge of civil rights...
“That night you were going to have a real war in Birmingham” Cabinet Meeting Update on Birmingham and Black Employment in Federal Agencies To the dismay of President Kennedy, white business leaders in Birmingham had pointed out that the federal government had a particularly terrible record in hiring black workers in Alabama. “Why should we hire Neg...
Apr 30, 2008 · Washington D.C. was established in 1790 when an act of Congress authorized a federal district along the Potomac River, a location offering an easy route to the western frontier (via the Potomac...
John F. Kennedy was the first president to effectively use the new medium of television to speak directly to the American people. No other president had conducted live televised press conferences without delay or editing.
Nov 11, 2021 · From how it got its name through the building (and rebuilding) of its familiar landmarks and deep into questions about statehood, here's a breakdown of how Washington, DC, came to be the US's national capital.
Jun 17, 2020 · The 1870s system that denied D.C. residents the right vote for their own local government—as well as the congressional members and president who oversaw that government—stayed in place for...
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December 19, 1960 [2] The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
