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Brown v. Board of Education

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools George C. E. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, James M. Nabrit (l-r) in front of the Supreme court, after winning…

The Judiciary Act of 1789

In the Judiciary Act of 1789, the First Congress provided the detailed organization of a federal judiciary that the Constitution had sketched only in general terms. Acting on its…

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Historical BackgroundThe McCulloch v. Maryland decision in 1819 fanned the flames of controversy over States' rights and national supremacy. By 1824, Chief Justice John Marshall had reached…

Timothy Roberts YOUNG, Congress, IL (1811-1898)

YOUNG Timothy Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Dover, N.H., November 19, 1811; completed preparatory studies; attended Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy and was graduated from…

Division I-AA

First Round(Nov. 25)at Appalachian St. 31James Madison 24at Delaware 38Hofstra 17at Georgia Southern 24Troy St. 21at Marshall 38Jackson St. 8at McNeese St. 33Idaho 3at Montana 48Eastern…

Division I-AA

First Round (Nov. 30)at Montana 48Nicholls St. 3at East Tennessee St. 35Villanova 29at Troy St. 29Florida A&M 25at Murray St. 34Western Illinois 6at Marshall 59Delaware 14Furman 42at…

MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de

(Encyclopedia) MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice deMacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice demärēˈ ĕdmāˈ pätrēsˈ də mäkmäōNˈ [key], 1808–93, president of the French republic (1873–79), marshal of France. MacMahon,…