As Akron celebrates its bicentennial in 2025, we’re looking back at two centuries of headlines. Visit BeaconJournal.com every Sunday morning throughout the bicentennial year for a look back at ...
Jeffrey Boutwell’s Boutwell ... He advised Grant to take on the Ku Klux Klan, served as the principal force behind the Civil Rights Act of 1875, and spent much of his time in office championing ...
The march was held on a significant day. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was signed into law by then President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1 and granted all citizens civil and legal rights. Meanwhile, in ...
In 1875, President Ulysses S. Grant made one last attempt to secure nationwide support ... shifting some DOE functions to the U.S. Treasury Department and handing civil rights enforcement to the U.S.
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...
READ MORE: WWII B-29 Bomber Enola Gay Falls Victim to Pentagon’s Sweeping DEI Purge The 1964 Civil Rights Act made it illegal for a company to refuse to hire a qualified candidate based on their race, ...
Iowa on Friday became the first state to strip transgender citizens of civil rights protections. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that removes gender identity as a protected class in the ...