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Bill banning abortions at 6 weeks heads to Abbott’s Desk, set to become TX law - DefenderNetwork.com

Legislation that would ban abortions after as early as six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant —and let virtually any private citizen sue abortion providers and others was given final approval by lawmakers Thursday and is headed to Gov.Greg Abbott, who has signaled he will sign it into law. Senate Bill 8, […]

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1930

Hall, Katie Beatrice (1938-2012)

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2012

Congress helped Blacks in the military

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1864

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19

1865

Aborigines to be counted in census

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27

1967

Miller, Thomas E. (1849-1938)

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1938

Thelonious Monk

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1917

Hiram R. Revels, first Black U.S. senator

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27

1817

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1967

Highland Beach, Maryland (1893- )

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Charles H. Mahoney

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1954

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Slaves Petition for Freedom

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Blacks Elected to Congress

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1972

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1919

Spingarn Medal: Edward W. Brooke

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1967

James, Charles A. (1922- )

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1976

Texas Admitted as a Slave State

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29

1845

Underground Railroad, The (1820-1861)

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(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress

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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”

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Browder v. Gayle (1956)

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A Demonstration Led by NAACP

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