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  2. History of slavery in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Exhibit inside the Slavery Museum at Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Following Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishing the French claim to the territory and the introduction of the name Louisiana, the first settlements in the southernmost portion of Louisiana (New France) were developed at present-day Biloxi (1699), Mobile (1702), Natchitoches ...

  3. Nepotism - Wikipedia

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    Nepotism is the act of granting an advantage, privilege, or position to relatives or friends in an occupation or field. These fields may include but are not limited to: business, politics, academia, entertainment, sports, religion, and health care , similar to cronyism .

  4. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Lloyd–La Follette Act (1912) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. No-FEAR Act. Voting Rights Act of 1965. Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.

  5. Scandals of the Ulysses S. Grant administration - Wikipedia

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    Grant's cousin Silas A. Hudson was appointed minister to Guatemala. His brother-in-law Reverend M.J. Cramer was appointed as consul at Leipzig. Mrs Grants brother-in-law James F. Casey was given the position of Collector of Customs in New Orleans, Louisiana where he made money by stealing fees. Frederick Dent, another brother-in-law was the ...

  6. Ten Commandments won't go in Louisiana classrooms until at ...

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    July 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won't take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state's public school classrooms ...

  7. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    Four Jim Crow laws were enacted in Montana between 1871 and 1921. The school segregation act was repealed in 1895. A 1909 miscegenation law prohibited marriage between Caucasians and blacks as well as Chinese and Japanese. 1871: Education [Statute] Children of African descent would be provided separate schools.

  8. List of governors of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. Republican Jeff Landry has served as the current governor since January 8, 2024.

  9. Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law ...

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    For Benjamin Marsh, a North Carolina pastor watching the Louisiana law, his primary concern is people's spiritual formation so altering the Ten Commandments is worrisome to him. “The problem ...