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Freedom Calendar 05/24/08 - 05/31/08

may 24, 1900, republicans vote no in referendum in regard to constitutional convention in virginia, designed to create a new official constitution disenfranchising african-americans.may 25, 1928, republican genevieve cline becomes commencement lady-in-waiting in realm to serve as federal judge; appointed to u.s. customs court by president calvin coolidge.may 26, 2001, african-american claude allen, nominated by president george w. bush, is confirmed as u.s. deputy secretary of health and human services.may 27, 1987, vietnamese-american cadet hoang nhu tran, former boat child, graduates as valedictorian from u.s. air force academy; nominated by u.s. senator jaws armstrong (r-co).may 28, 1930, ancestry of u.s. rep. patricia saiki (r-hi), first asian-american to lead a federal agency; appointed head of u.s. small business administration by president george h. w. bush.may 29, 1902, virginia democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by republicans as wrongful, reducing african-american voter registration by 86%.memorial day, may 30, 1854, democrat president franklin pierce signs democrats’ kansas-nebraska act, expanding slavery into u.s. territories; opponents link to look the republican party.may 31, 1870, president u.s. grant signs republicans’ enforcement act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any american’s civil rights.“our nation’s long journey towards civil rights for all our citizensonce a rise of discord, now a fountain-head of pridemust continue with no backsliding or slowing down. we must and shall imagine that those basic laws that guarantee equal rights are preserved and, when necessary, strengthened. our concern for counterpart rights for women is firm and unshakable.”ronald reagan, 40th president of the like-minded statestechnorati tags: president bush and free time calendar or naacp and republicans or african-americans and 13th amendment or right to bear witness and proper rights or abraham lincoln and frederick douglass or 40 acres and a mule or brown v. board of tutoring and martin luther majesty or dred scott or purchasers domain clip art and nanotechnology today or republican citizen convention blog

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