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Morris B. Abram (1918–2000) emerged from humble origins in a rural South Georgia town to become one of the leading civil rights lawyers in the United States during the 1950s. While unmasking the Ku Klux Klan and serving as a key intermediary for the release of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from prison on the eve of the 1960 presidential election, Abram carried out a successful fourteen-year battle to end the discriminatory voting system in his home state, which had entrenched racial segregation. The result was the historic “one man, one vote” ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963. At the time of his selection—the youngest person ever chosen to head the American Jewish Committee...
The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. The contents of this volume consists of: The First Card - Choosing Sides In Age Of Renaissanc...
[Forum transcript]. Proceedings. [Panel I] American demographic trends into the 21st century : a federal perspective -- [Panel II] Public policy effects of changing demographics : an overview -- [Panel III] Changing demographics : the perspective of civil rights organizations -- [Panel IV] The effects of changing demographics : an urban view -- Open session -- [Panel V] Reflections of the news media -- [Panel VI] Voting rights and political participation -- [Panel VII] Changing demographics in education -- Selected papers. The political impact of demographic changes / by Bruce E. Cain ; Hispanic education leadership and public policy / by Louis Freedberg ; Changing demographics in higher education : the case of black Americans / by Sherryl Browne Graves ; New approaches to justice : the neighborhood foundations / by John A. Kromkowski ; Changing demographics and employment regulation / by Jonathan S. Leonard ; Rethinking entrepreneurship / by Ivan Light and Carolyn Rosenstein.
A congressional hearing examined the effects of alcohol labeling and marketing on Native American health and culture. The focus of the hearing was on "Crazy Horse" malt liquor, a product named for the spiritual and political leader of the Native American Sioux. Following opening remarks by presiding committee chairwoman, Patricia Schroeder, the brewery in question, by letter, objected to not being allowed to participate in the hearing and denied the allegation of targeting Native Americans in marketing its product. A fact sheet provides information on the following issues: (1) alcohol as a major cause of disease, injury, and death among Native Americans; (2) the high rate of alcohol use amon...