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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on ElectionsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Digest of Contested Election Cases Arising in the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses [1883-1889]
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on ElectionsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Ragtime in the White House
Author: Eliot VestnerPublisher: City Point Press
ISBN: 1947951262
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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History played a trick on McKinley. He has been consigned to the shadows between Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, vilified or ignored by historians . . . It is a richly undeserved fate. As Eliot Vestner demonstrates in this narrative of the political life of William McKinley, there was much more to the twenty-fifth president’s tenure in office than history books allow. He was a popular president, winning a second term with ease. But only nine months into it, he was assassinated by a self-described anarchist. What more he might have accomplished is anyone’s guess. He had managed to successfully pull America out of one of the worst economic depressions yet experienced, the Panic of 1893. And his controversial tariffs strengthened industry and contributed to the overall wealth of the country, as did his return of the country to the gold standard. He also led the U.S. to victory in the Spanish-American war, and implemented the first steps toward building the Panama Canal, which his successor, Theodore Roosevelt, continued. Perhaps the most under-appreciated aspect of McKinley’s presidency was his advocacy for black civil rights, and his challenge to the white supremacy of the south. As governor of Ohio, he fought against lynching. He signed a ground-breaking anti-lynching bill. Ironically, as president, he had a much more difficult time combating violence and racial injustice because of the use of states’ rights as justification for voter suppression and terrorism towards blacks. He pursued opportunities to advance the interests of black Americans wherever he could, but his inability to stop the lynchings and disfranchisement of blacks was most regrettable. His successors had no interest in the race issue, which remained unresolved until the 1954 court decision in Brown v. The Board of Education. This book gives McKinley his due, and thereby helps us better understand a President of the United States whose work has seemingly been overlooked by most Americans today.
A Catalog of Books Represented by Library of Congress Printed Cards Issued to July 31, 1942
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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From Servitude to Service
Author: Okon Edet UyaPublisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Political Career of Charles Frederick Crisp
Author: Preston S. MalonePublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina
Author: George C. RogersPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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[December 2001]
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the State Library for the Fiscal Years Ending October 31 ... and ..., and ... Biennial Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Report
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Biennial Report
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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