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Register to vote, restricts voting my mail, makes it harder for voters to use drop boxes and restricts the ability to provide snacks and water to voters waiting in line. several lawsuits have been filed challenging the law, including one from the naacp, arguing that it, quote, impacts the ability of black voters, latino voters, and voters with disabilities to cast their ballot. so, the state of florida has stood as an example of voting rights under attack for some time now. and on this martin luther king day, pulitzer prize-winning columnist reminds us of dr. king s words on voting rights. in may of 1957 he delivered this speech at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c., where he referred to the right to vote as one of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition. the denial of this sacred right is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our ....
Ensnared in mccarthy s web committed suicide, a sitting u.s. senator committed suicide. in any case, by the end of 1954, his fellow senators and lots of people around the country had decided they had enough. and joe mccarthy was censured by the u.s. senate, which is a very rare thing. he was censured, 67-22, for his ethical failures as a u.s. senator, for bringing the senate into disrepute. the censure vote against him was held in december of 1954. 2 1/2 years later, in may of 1957, joe mccarthy was dead. dead at the ripe old age of 47. the legacy of joe mccarthy is dark. and he died young. he was already gone by the time we were grappling with it sort of culturally in films like this one in the early 1960s. ....
His fellow senators and lots of people around the country had decided they had enough. and joe mccarthy was censured by the u.s. senate, which is a very rare thing. he was censured, 67-22, for his ethical failures as a u.s. senator, for bringing the senate into disrepute. the censure vote against him was held in december of 1954. 2 1/2 years later, in may of 1957, joe mccarthy was dead. dead at the ripe old age of 47. the legacy of joe mccarthy is dark. and he died young. he was already gone by the time we were grappling with it sort of culturally in films like this one in the early 1960s. films like the manchurian candidate in the early 1960s. in joe mccarthy s absence, though, once he was gone from ....
Vietnam, thailand, i have seen first-hand the actual lives that are changed. you know there isn t a corner on the planet where any evil that wasn t confronted by billy graham, and that now, through samaritan s purse, reverend franklin graham is doing. to see him in sudan, facing be dictators, facing down starving situation, it is remarkable to see. i looked back on twitter, because i m friend with franklin on twitter. 20 hours ago he tweeted his sermon that his father gave in may of 1957 about the heart, the heart disease, about letting god in your heart to make that change. it is so fundamental to what samaritan s purse and what billy graham taught his son franklin and now his grandson will is trying to do. go where evil exists in man s heart, to change it. to do it through peace. i have traveled most of the ....
Exception. and i tell you, those chickens inspired me, because they listened. listen to your teachers. listen to your mothers and fathers. and be the best you can be. when i finished high school in may of 1957, 17 years old, i wanted to go off to college. there was a little college ten miles from our home called troy state college, now known as troy university. i submitted an application, my high school transcript. i never heard a word from the college. long before 1957, in 1955, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. 1957, i met rosa parks. so because i didn t hear from ....