Avatar Posted by duke 151 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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In 1951, a class action suit was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas, by 13 African-American parents on behalf of their children. The plaintiffs contended that segregating school facilities along racial lines violated the students' 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law. The case was heard by the US Supreme Court, which unanimously agreed that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." How did this decision impact American society?
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DAD COMPLETES HIS EPIC CHANNEL CROSSING IN MEMORY OF HIS DAUGHTER ...
Derby Evening Telegraph, UK - 9 hours ago
BY KELLY SHORROCK Shane Cooke kept a photograph of his tragic daughter and beloved father next to his heart as he paddled his way in a kayak across the ...
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 150 days ago (http://lonaqva.wordpress.com)
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In memory of Oakley Hall
Monsters and Critics.com - 16 hours ago
By M&C News May 17, 2008, 12:28 GMT Another writer has died. Oakley Hall, “Novelist Attuned to the Old West” as the NYT feature describes him, ...
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 150 days ago (http://journals.aol.com)
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In Memory of a Beautiful Woman Current mood: crushed Category: Blogging ..We received a call this evening around 10:30pm from the nursing home stating that my nana was having difficulty with breathing and they weren't sure if she would last the night. About a half hour later we received another call... she had passed on! As much as I'm relieved that her suffering is over, my heart is still broken in a million pieces. No matter how much you think you're prepared, you never really are. read more »
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 150 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Isabella d'Este was one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance and a major cultural and political figure. Known as "The First Lady of the Renaissance," she was well-educated in her youth and was a keen musician and collector of Roman sculpture. Under her auspices, the court of Mantua became one of the most cultured in Europe, drawing many important artists, writers, and thinkers. The portrait of her that hangs at the Louvre in Paris was painted by what famous artist and scientist?
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Avatar Posted by duke 150 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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In this case, the US Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated railroad cars, ruling that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment dealt with political and not social equality. This provided constitutional sanction for the adoption of the Jim Crow laws. Justice Henry Billings Brown wrote the majority opinion, stating that "separate but equal" laws did not imply one race's inferiority to another. Why was Homer Plessy chosen to serve as the case's plaintiff?
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