President Martin Van Buren and most of the nation's press advocated extraditing the Africans to Cuba. ... He was the oldest son of the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams. ... He preached against the pro-slavery motives of John Calhoun. ... He accused Martin Van Buren, and his administration of "utter injustice" in seeking to satisy the Spanish claimants. ... John Quincy Adams said that he was filled with "great joy." ...

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With the help of visionaries like Martin Luther King, John Lennon, and Mahatma Gandhi, just to name a few, a large segment of the American population was empowered to question the grim realities of the world around them, to ask "Can we not do better than this?" ... This leader is Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential candidate, and he is tirelessly working to pick up where Martin Luther King left off, only this time with the full power of the US Presidency. ...

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In the United States of America, people are protected by civil rights. It is these rights that allow all citizens of America to be protected under the laws of the constitution. Unfortunately, that was not the case more than 100 years ago. In the late 1800's slavery was at its end. It was because...

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Times Jan.16, 2003 In March l961, less than two months after assuming office, President John F. ... Democrats lambasted Bush's decision "to continue to side with those who oppose civil rights and oppose diversity in this country," not to be lost is the irony that this decision came on what would have been the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'...

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Abigail Adams 1744-1818 John Adams' wife urged her husband to "remember the ladies" when he was writing the nation's Declaration of Independence in 1776. ... Louisa Adams 1775-1852 John Quincy Adams' wife was the only first lady born in a foreign country-England. ... Hannah Van Buren 1783-1819 Martin Van Buren's wife-his second cousin-died 18 year before her husband was elected president. ... Letitia Tyler 1790-1842 John Tyler's first wife was a stroke victim and the first president's wife to die in the White House. ... Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994 Jo...

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Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King Jr. ... Robert Horvitz and John E. ...

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Following Washington's two term presidency, John Adams was voted in as a Federalist for one term from 1797-1801, following him for two terms was Thomas Jefferson as a Democratic-Republican from 1801-1809, in which the 12th amendment was added to revise the electoral-college procedure. ...

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U.S. History Interview Jason Paris 1. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis on your community or family? " On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. Rucker at the time." No people were really afraid. "The media would make it out to be more than it really was. The military knew...

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