Extension of the Voting Rights Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, May 6, 7, 13, 19, 20, 27, 28, June 3, 5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, and July 13, 1981, Մաս 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 2813 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... things for blacks , but we had that followed by the Hays - Tilden Compromise of 1877 . So , history tells us we can go back to where we were ; we can go back to a time when trouble is " a - comin ' like it used to did ; " and this ...
... things for blacks , but we had that followed by the Hays - Tilden Compromise of 1877 . So , history tells us we can go back to where we were ; we can go back to a time when trouble is " a - comin ' like it used to did ; " and this ...
Էջ 14
... things we have been talking about is the tremendous burden in the courts . There has been a lot of jurisdiction , a lot of discussion , a lot of legislation about the courts being overburdened , and there is so much going on in the ...
... things we have been talking about is the tremendous burden in the courts . There has been a lot of jurisdiction , a lot of discussion , a lot of legislation about the courts being overburdened , and there is so much going on in the ...
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... things many , many weeks in advance and then there are some weeks we have nothing . Mr. KIRKLAND . Some of the things you scheduled , I would just as soon you didn't . Mr. LUNGREN . After going through your testimony and consult- ing ...
... things many , many weeks in advance and then there are some weeks we have nothing . Mr. KIRKLAND . Some of the things you scheduled , I would just as soon you didn't . Mr. LUNGREN . After going through your testimony and consult- ing ...
Էջ 29
... things are all relative . Things may not be what you and I would like them to be in the South , but they are vastly different from what they were . I do not disagree with what you have said . You made a fine statement , and we shall do ...
... things are all relative . Things may not be what you and I would like them to be in the South , but they are vastly different from what they were . I do not disagree with what you have said . You made a fine statement , and we shall do ...
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... thing in turnout . So the idea is a simple idea , to get Mexican Americans , Indians , blacks , and those from the ... thing , that maybe we just do not care about the political process , and I am making a blanket statement , that when ...
... thing in turnout . So the idea is a simple idea , to get Mexican Americans , Indians , blacks , and those from the ... thing , that maybe we just do not care about the political process , and I am making a blanket statement , that when ...
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Էջ 147 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Էջ 5 - ... We Shall Overcome" We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day.
Էջ 137 - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Էջ 85 - I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Էջ 705 - State, who are entitled to vote by the constitution thereof herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law, whereof they shall have been duly convicted...
Էջ 325 - Voters who are members of a racial minority might well be in the majority in one district, but in a decided minority in the county as a whole. This type of change could therefore nullify their ability to elect the candidate of their choice, just as would prohibiting some of them from voting.
Էջ 19 - Columbia for a declaratory judgment that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color...
Էջ 403 - God Bless America. * Land that I love ™ Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America My home sweet home.
Էջ 237 - ... voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting...
Էջ 795 - Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St.