2013 marks the anniversary of several major Civil Rights milestones by Jennie Wood March on Washington, Aug 28, 1963 Malcolm X Related Links Black History MonthAfrican…
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Senate Years of Service: 2001-2009Party: DemocratCLINTON, Hillary Rodham, (wife of President William Jefferson Clinton), a Senator from New York; born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois…
Key happenings in the history of domestic and international surveillance
The need to protect citizensâ rights against âunreasonable searches and seizuresâ is as old as our country;…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010Party: DemocratBURRIS, Roland, a Senator from Illinois; born in Centralia, Ill., August 3, 1937; B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., 1959; J…
