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20 hours ago · The Bayard Rustin Papers, 1:05:32, Library of Congress According to journalist Steve Hendrix, Rustin "faded from the shortlist of well-known civil rights lions", in part because he was active behind the scenes, and also because of public discomfort with his sexual orientation and former communist membership. [41]
20 hours ago · Background Further information: Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction era As initially ratified, the United States Constitution granted each state complete discretion to determine voter qualifications for its residents. : 50 After the Civil War, the three Reconstruction Amendments were ratified and limited this discretion. The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) prohibits slavery "except as a ...
20 hours ago · William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.
20 hours ago · Earlier, senior Congress leader and Karnataka Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily questioned the Pulwama attack and labelled the country's retaliatory action as a 'bogus' claim, adding that PM Modi used them for political mileage. "The 2024 elections are different from 2014 and 2019. In 2019, Modi (government) claimed to have carried out the ...
20 hours ago · In 1970, Indira Gandhi gave the slogan of 'Garibi Hatao' (remove poverty), but for 35 years, Congress kept on taking votes but poverty did not end," he said. "When Narendra Modi became the PM, he sent Rs 1 from Delhi and our double-engine govt made it to Rs 1.25 and spent for the welfare of the people, " CM Saini said.
20 hours ago · Sharjah24: The Director of the Sharjah Public Library (SPL), Eman Bushulaibi of the Sharjah Book Authority, highlighted the library's involvement in the Sharjah Reading Festival for Children. Presenting a reading program named "Between the Boundaries of Words," which includes a variety of activities and competitions for children and young ...
20 hours ago · BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda was arrested in connection with an explicit video allegedly belonging to Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. According to police, Devaraje Gowda was arrested at Gulihal tollgate by the Hiriyur police in this district on Friday night for leaking the video in a ...
