Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) served as a Republican congressman and senator from Illinois for over three decades.Everett McKinley Dirksen was born in Pekin, Illinois, on January 4, 1896, the s...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
THE POLITICS OF PIGMENTATION (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
It wouldn't be Martin Luther King Day without some kind of
racial dialog...
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The nasty bickering on the subject of race between Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama got me thinking about the true legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. We honor hi...
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Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office. For when the F.B.I. raided it, they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, cool as could be.
Some of us keep our s...
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Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office. For when the F.B.I. raided it, they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, cool as could be.
Some of us keep our ...
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