South Africa: Indecent Interviews - Will the JSC Self-Correct?

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South Africa: Indecent Interviews - Will the JSC Self-Correct?

[New Frame] Commissioners who threatened the reputations of judges should face sanction for ambushing and humiliating the candidates being interviewed for the position of chief justice.

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1946

U.S. Supreme Court declared Civil Rights Act of

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15

1883

Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985).

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0

1924

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14

1873

John S. Rock, lawyer and dentist died on this day. He became the first Black to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1865.

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3

1866

Nelson Mandela arrested

Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa, and charged with incitement; he received a five-year sentence later in the year.

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Aug

5

1962

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said grandfather clauses in the Oklahoma and Maryland constitutions violated the Fifteenth Amendment.

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Jun

21

1915

President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act

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20

1964

Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which

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13

1956

Arthur Ashe, first Black male to winWimbledon, is denied entry to

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28

1970

Andrew Brimmer appointed to Fed. Reserve Bd.

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10

1966

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2

1961

Government: Ohio state.

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13

1967

Jonathan Gibbs, minister and educator, appointed secretary of state by the Florida governor.

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6

1868

South Africa banned from Olympic Games

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18

1964

NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

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9

1995

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10

1962

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17

1802

Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v

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3

1948

U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision

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29

1972

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

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4

1969

Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia.

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23

1878

Ethiopia Invaded by Italy

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1935

Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Ser

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14

1940

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16

1855

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11

1892

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1927

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1994

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