Schools, restaurants, social events and even water fountains were segregated - whites and blacks shared very little. ... This case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court which ruled in Meredith's favor stating that he had the right to be admitted to the state school. ... The governor of Mississippi strongly opposed him attending this school and even went as far as to have the state legislature pass a law prohibiting any person who was convicted of a state crime from admission to a state school. ... People drove in and arrived by bus from all parts of the country to take part in t...

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Charter, which required previous Security Council authorization,; and third, that in any case, the United States was not legally bound to respond with force. ... Charter, but also under the terms of the SEATO Treaty itself, the instrument under which it was pretending to be behaving lawfully...

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The Nixon's would suffer financially for years after, forcing Francis Nixon to work two jobs and his wife Hannah to work as well.( ) Richard was left to fend for himself most of the time, but managed to excel in public school. After public school Nixon went on to study at Whittier College, a Quaker institution, where he majored in history ( ).This is where Nixon first started becoming politically active, he was president of the freshman class, star of the debate team and in his senior year became the Southern California Intercollegiate Extemporaneous Speaking champion and class President...

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