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Mauritania
(Encyclopedia) CE5 MauritaniaMauritaniamôrĭtāˈnēə [key], officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,182,000), 397,953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km), NW Africa. It borders on…Human Rights Day
A celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Links Encyclopedia: Human Rights Human Rights Treatieis, Speeches, and Documents The World's Most Repressive…"It Cuts Both Ways"
"There was for a long time what used to be called, euphemistically, the 'colored elite'... light skinned black folks who descended from masters and slaves and who got educated and…Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitution
Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitutionby A Note Protesting the Treaty-making Provisions of the ConstitutionThe following essay was penned anonymously by "HAMPDEN", and it appeared in…On the Electoral College; On Reeligibility of the President
On the Electoral College; On Reeligibility of the Presidentby By an anonymous writer "REPUBLICUS," appearing in The Kentucky Gazette on March 1, 1788.See also Federalist No. 72. . I go now to…Black History
Notable Speeches and Letters by African Americans, From Benjamin Banneker to Barack Obama Selected Essays in Black History Contents Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe…Three Branches of Government
In 1787 leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution-a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. The leaders of the states wanted a strong and fair national…Millennium Milestones
The 100 Most Significant Events of the Last Thousand Years Reducing the millennium to a laundry list of highlights cannot pretend to be a definitive or accurate exercise. Note that only…Utopia: Of Their Military Discipline
Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of the Religions of the Utopians Of Their Military Discipline They detest war as a very brutal thing, and which, to the reproach of human…State of the Union Address: James Madison (December 3, 1816)
James Madison (December 3, 1816) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In reviewing the present state of our country, our attention cannot be withheld from the effect produced…Trending
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