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Christian Right Evangelicals and GOP Loyalists cannot be convinced against their wills, because you leave them confused still. Just as everyone has a nose; everyone has an opinion. However, seemingly Christian Right Evangelicals and GOP Loyalists allowed a fool (TRUMP) to convince them that is
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Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination (1949)
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Trump's Political Future Depends on Whether He Can Change
… claimed, done as much for African Americans as Abraham Lincoln or even … increase in voting support of African Americans that Trump achieved last month …
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University of California Regents v. Bakke, 1978
? Argued October 12, 1977 Decided June 28, 1978 The Medical School of the University of California at Davis (hereinafter Davis) had two admissions programs for the entering class of 100 students - the regular admissions program and the special admissions program. Under the regular procedure, c
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New Cal NAACP Chief Appoints Sac Woman Executive Director — The Sacramento Observer
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Minority-Owned Businesses Hoping To Receive Funds From Round of PPP
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Alaska Fair Employment Practices Law (1953)
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Officer with knee to George Floyd's neck to be tried alone - Black News Channel
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for minutes will be tried separately from the three other former officers accused in his death, according to an order filed Tuesday that cites limited courtroom space
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UCLA Ousts USC 73-52 at the Galen Center - Los Angeles Sentinel
The UCLA women’s basketball team battled USC with an accurate offense and tough defense to execute a 73-52 victory over the Women of Troy. The post UCLA Ousts USC 73-52 at the Galen Center appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Nike, MSCHF settle lawsuit over Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes' - TheGrio
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Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia
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Judge orders 10-day delay after Virginia governor says Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee must come down
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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
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Black man, Casey Goodson Jr., fatally shot by Ohio sheriff’s deputy | Afro
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Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president - Black News Channel
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors have begun casting the votes that will formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Vermont's electors were the first in the nation to vote Monday, giving the state's three electoral votes to Biden and Vice
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Turns Down Role in Biden Admin
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Federal Judge Dozier Devane granted temporary
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Zion Williamson Attorneys Files Order to Block Eligibility Inquiry in Lawsuit
New Orleans’ Pelicans basketball player Zion Williamson has had his attorneys file a protective order to block his former marketing agent’s inquiry into illegal benefits he is accused of accepting while he was a student at Duke University, according to Sports
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The Slaughter House Cases (1873)
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