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- 1From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The death of the American newspaper editor and abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) at the hands of a mob in Illinois gave the antislavery cause its first martyr. Elijah P. Lovejoy was...
- 2From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955), American publisher, was the head of the multimillion-dollar Tribune Company and an "America First" patriot. Robert R. McCormick was born on July 30,...
- 3From:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3rd ed.)The right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government. Americans enjoy freedom of the press under the First Amendment to the Constitution....
- 4From:Anti-Semitism WorldwideThere was an increase in antisemitic activity in South Africa during 2000, largely as a result of the breakdown of peace negotiations in the Middle East and the subsequent eruption of violence in late September. Apart...
- 5From:Background NotesU.S.-GUYANA RELATIONS U.S. policy toward Guyana seeks to develop robust, sustainable democratic institutions, laws, and political practices; support economic growth and development; promote an active, organized, and...
- 6From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe political crisis has dashed hopes that Iraq was well on its way to permanent stability, to strengthening democracy and institution-building, and to enabling Iraqi official attention to toward basic governance and...
- 7From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsUpdated June 2, 2006 Summary The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ...." This language restricts...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThis report examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society. Major events of the past year include the PRC...
- 9From:Great Thinkers of the Western WorldBorn: 1743, Shadwell, Virginia Died: 1826, Monticello, Virginia Major Works: A Summary of the Rights of British America (1774), The Declaration of Independence (1776), Notes on the State of Virginia (1782), A Bill...