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Many contemporaries [after Brown v. Board of Education] identified
Many contemporaries [after Brown v. Board of Education] identified precisely this link between black frustration over the pace of court-ordered desegr...

Northern blacks seeking to purchase homes in white neighborhoods
Northern blacks seeking to purchase homes in white neighborhoods endured bombings, cross burnings, and mob assaults. In 1925, the NAACPs annual report...

This was articulated in Lord Hales doctrine, which set out that
This was articulated in Lord Hales doctrine, which set out that enterprises which held an exclusive licence to provide a certain service must receive ...

Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, was to remain the chairman of
Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, was to remain the chairman of the Committee for over a decade, and the most important single influence in Congress...

Enforced idleness made men take to the road; depressions doubled
Enforced idleness made men take to the road; depressions doubled and trebled the number of homeless; industrial accidents could turn workers into stre...

For hundreds of thousands of young men, the old republican ideals
For hundreds of thousands of young men, the old republican ideals of independent proprietorship receded to the horizon as new habits of casual labor a...

The two cities differ significantly in their approaches to
The two cities differ significantly in their approaches to handling homeless youth, with Toronto providing a more fully developed safety net for them ...

Governor Sir Francis Bond Head judged the civilization policy a
Governor Sir Francis Bond Head judged the civilization policy a failure [they couldnt turn Indians into Christian farmers it seems] and advocated the ...

On July 1, 1867, many Maritime communities marked Confederation
On July 1, 1867, many Maritime communities marked Confederation and the beginning of Canadian nationhood by flying flags at half-mast. Nova Scotians i...