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Phillips, Wendell
(Encyclopedia) Phillips, Wendell, 1811–84, American reformer and orator, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1831; LL.B., 1834). He was admitted to the bar in 1834 but, having sufficient income of his…abolitionists
(Encyclopedia) abolitionists, in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the slaves.…anti–Vietnam War movement
(Encyclopedia) anti–Vietnam War movement, domestic and international reaction (1965–73) in opposition to U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. During the four years following passage of the Tonkin Gulf…The Congress of Women: An African Expedition
by Mrs. May French Sheldon F. R. G. S. The Women of BohemiaWoman's Place in LettersAn African Expedition Mrs. May French Sheldon was born in Bridgewater, Pa., May 10, 1847. Her parents were…Women's Suffrage: The Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth State
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Opposition Grows GrimmerThe Supreme Court SpeaksThe Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth StateThe National Suffrage Association now called…Guernica
(Encyclopedia) Guernica Guernica gārnēˈkä [key], officially Gernika-Lumo, historic town, Bizkaia (Vizcaya or Biscay…German Volga Republic
(Encyclopedia) German Volga Republic, former autonomous republic of the USSR, c.18,000 sq mi (46,600 sq km), along the lower Volga of SW Russia. Its largely German population was descended from the…B'nai B'rith
(Encyclopedia) B'nai B'rithB'nai B'rithbənāˈ brĭth [key] [Heb.,= Sons of the Covenant], oldest and largest Jewish service organization in the world, founded (1843) in New York by American Jews “to…British North America Act
(Encyclopedia) British North America Act, law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also…Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1932–, African-American leader, clergyman, and public official, b. New Orleans. He was a leading civil-rights activist in the 1960s and, as a Democrat from…Trending
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