In 1960 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Tuskegee city officials redrew the cities boundaries unconstitutionally so that the white candidates in the cities political race could win and the blacks’ votes would not count. This case laid the framework for the passage of the 1965 voters rights act which outlawed discrimination in voting. The case was named after a Tuskegee university professor Charlie A. Gomillion who was the plaintiff and the defendant was the mayor of Tuskegee Phillip M. Lightfoot
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In the story‚ twelve years a slave about a man named Solomon Northup‚ is a free African American violinist who was born in New York . Northup has a wife and two children. In 1841 Solomon was drugged and abducted in Washington‚ DC ‚ by two men named Hamilton and Brown and was sold into slavery. Solomon Northup was desperately to send a letter to Saratoga Springs. Solomon Northup worked on a plantation in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before his release receiving his freedom and was ruined
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Song of Solomon‚ by: Toni Morrison I. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931. She was born in Lorain‚ Ohio to an African-American working class family. She always had an interest in literature‚ and studied humanities at Howard and Cornell universities. She began her career as a novelist in 1970‚ gaining attention from literary critics and readers for her poetic‚ expressive descriptions of the Black community in America. She has been honored with numerous awards‚ including the Pulitzer
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Case Brief Funk vs. United States Supreme Court of the United States 290 U.S. 371‚ 54 S. Ct. 212 (1933) Facts: Funk was tried twice and convicted both times in Federal District Court for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. In the first appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals the decision of the Federal District Court was reversed due to issues not applicable here. 46 F.2d 417. In both trials the defendant called upon his wife to testify on his behalf and she was excluded
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about the hills that “look like white elephants” in front of her to relate back to her decision (Hemingway). Hemingway shows the two life-changing effects of an . The other shady and dark side of the hill represents not keeping the baby and pursuing the operation. In between the lines of this casual conversation is actually an undergoing decision on both the positive and negative side of an abortion. This decision-making theme‚ is represented by symbols such as the white elephants‚ the hills‚ their
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Hudson v. Michigan‚ 547 U.S. 586 (2006) Facts- Detroit police obtained a warrant authorizing a search for drugs and firearms at the home of Booker Hudson. When police arrived to execute the warrant‚ they announced their presence but waited “three to five seconds” before turning the knob of the unlocked front door and entering Hudson’s home. Police discovered large quantities of drugs‚ including cocaine rocks in Hudson’s pocket and a loaded gun placed in between the cushion and armrest of a chair
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Case Brief Saenz v Roe (1999) 1. Facts The facts of the Saenz V Roe case is that in 1992 the state of California wanted to change the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program by setting a limit to new residents. By having this approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and having the Federal District Court implement it‚ there would a large number of new residents who would be treated unequally. By the time it became into law on April 1‚ 1997 a class action was filed to challenge
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The People of the State of New York V. Donald L. McCray Nature of the Case: Appeal upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault on a police officer and criminal use of a firearm in the 2nd degree. Concise Rule of Law: Mental Hygiene Law § 9.41 which permits persons who appear to be mentally ill and acting in a manner that threatens safety of self or others to be taken into custody. The Penal Law § 120.08 imposes strict liability with respect to the serious injury aspect
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MARVIN V. MARVIN Citation. 18 Cal. 3d 660‚557 P.2d 106‚134 Cal. Rptr. 815‚1976 Cal. Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiff and defendant lived in a nonmarital relationship‚ with an oral agreement to share equally all property accumulated. Upon dissolution of their relationship‚ plaintiff brought suit to enforce the oral agreement. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The California court found that partners in nonmarital relationships may bring claims for property division based on both express and implied contracts
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In “The Petitioner’s Brief in Sweatt v. Painter‚ 1950”‚ the document explained the NAACP arguments as they were before the Supreme Court. Essentially‚ it explored three arguments that the NAACP would later employ in future cases regarding segregation. Reprinted within Waldo E. Martin Jr.’s‚ “Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents”‚ it offers key insight into the arguments the NAACP used in the Supreme Court. The first argument relates to whether schools established for Blacks
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