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Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on his pick to replace Ginsburg

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28

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Little Rock Crisis, 1957

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(1850) John S. Rock, “Address to the Citizens of New Jersey”

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Byron R. White , in full Byron Raymond White (born June 8, 1917, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.—died April 15, 2002, Denver), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

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Gullah language

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