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Mario M. Cuomo
Mario Matthew Cuomo Mario Matthew Cuomo (born 1932) was a progressive Democrat governor of New York state from 1982 to 1994. He emphasized lower taxes, balanced budgets, public education, and affirmative action, as well as a government-private sector partnership for economic progress. He was... Read more |
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RainbowPUSH Coalition
RAINBOW COALITION RAINBOW COALITION. The Rainbow Coalition was a group developed within the Democratic Party during the 1984 presidential election. Led by the African American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, it attracted blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, American Indians, and poor whites. As... Read more |
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Charles Bernard Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel , 1930-, U.S. congressman, b. New York City. Receiving his law degree from St. John's Univ. in 1960, Rangel served in the New York state assembly (1966-70) before defeating (1970) fellow Democrat Adam Clayton Powell , Jr. to win his first term as U.S. representative for New... Read more |
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Democratic Party of Kurdistan
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KURDISTAN (IRAN; KDP) Political party that organized 1945 Read more |
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Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded in 1960, presented its vision for post-Vietnam War America and called for students to join in a movement to... Read more |
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Democratic Congo
Democratic Congo Basic Data Official Country Name: Democratic Republic of the Congo Region: Africa Population: 51,964,999 Language(s): French, Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba Literacy Rate: 77.3% History &... Read more |
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Democratization
DEMOCRATIZATION While modern times have seen more than one, however partial, attempt to democratize Russia, democratization in the narrow sense refers to policies pursued by Mikhail Gorbachev and his closest associates, roughly from 1987 to 1991. The language of democratization was widely employed... Read more |
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Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF (DPRK) LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT TOPOGRAPHY CLIMATE FLORA AND FAUNA ENVIRONMENT POPULATION MIGRATION ETHNIC GROUPS LANGUAGES RELIGIONS TRANSPORTATION HISTORY GOVERNMENT POLITICAL PARTIES ... Read more |
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Thomas, Clarence
...Confirming the fears of his Democratic opponents and delighting...credentials, criticizing affirmative action and statistic...In voting rights, affirmative action, and desegregation cases, Thomas...pernicious assumptions of ... |
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Affirmative Action and Democratic Vistas: After the Supreme Court Michigan Cases
...ruling illumines fundamental democratic principles. In 1954, it was...blockbuster ruling on the two affirmative action cases involving the University...universities may continue to use affirmative action to achieve diversity, provided... |
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FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY RELEASES 2012 DELEGATE SELECTION AND AFFIRMATIVE...
...Subcommittee on Affirmative Action Chaired...crafting the Florida Democratic Party's proposed...Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plan," said Florida Democratic Party Chairman...disenfranchised by the ... |
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FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY RELEASES 2012 DELEGATE SELECTION AND AFFIRMATIVE...
...Subcommittee on Affirmative Action Chaired...crafting the Florida Democratic Party's proposed...Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plan," said Florida Democratic Party Chairman...disenfranchised by the ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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12 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN MICH. CASES
...WASHINGTON - A dozen Democratic senators, including...yesterday supporting affirmative action in admissions at the...some advocates of affirmative action. But Hillary...solid support for affirmative action. ... |
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Twelve Democratic Senators Defend Affirmative Action in Michigan Cases.
...WASHINGTON--A dozen Democratic senators, including...yesterday supporting affirmative action in admissions at the...some advocates of affirmative action. But Hillary...solid support for affirmative action. ... |
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Social change and democratic values: reconceptualizing affirmative action...
...legitimated by claims of democratic opportunity. Equal...numbers--defenders of affirmative action--seek to measure...articulated. Proponents of affirmative action, for example...well as supporters of affirmative ... |
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Playing the Race Card to Undercut Democratic Support of Affirmative Action
...ideologue who opposes abortion and affirmative action. Under normal circumstances...of the race card has put the Democratic-controlled Senate between...certainly to vote to outlaw affirmative action. At the same time they don... |
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'The case was fixed'; Democratic staff memos show efforts in Michigan...
...WASHINGTON TIMES Senate Democratic staffers and a judge...that heard the Michigan affirmative action cases, according to internal Democratic staff memos. Staffers...Circuit will sustain the affirmative action program, but... |
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Wesley Clark Blasts Democratic Rival Kerry for Affirmative Action Statements.
...decide Tuesday's Democratic primary, Wesley...he made about affirmative action 12 years ago...Kerry described affirmative action as an...beginning I support affirmative action," he...was the only ... |
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CLINTON VISITS SACRAMENTO, L.A. TELLS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HE WILL BACK...
...emotional battle over affirmative action Saturday, promising...speech to California Democratic activists at the...shouting matches" on affirmative action would only...strongly supports affirmative action, ... |
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