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Carter made twelve international trips to 25 countries as president. [307] He was the first president to make a state visit to Sub-Saharan Africa when he went to Nigeria in 1978. [242] His travel also included trips to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He made several trips to the Middle East to broker peace negotiations.
In 1990, the Migration Policy Institute reports, Florida was home to 1.66 million immigrants, who made up 12.9 percent of the total state population; by 2021, they numbered 4.6 million, or 21.2 ...
Harry Tyson Moore (November 16, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and president of the state chapter of the NAACP.
Mirabeau Lamar monument at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, reads: "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.". Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an American attorney, politician, poet, and leading political figure during the Texas Republic era.
Desmond Meade (born July 22, 1967) is a voting rights activist and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. [1] As chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, Meade led the successful effort to pass Florida Amendment 4, a 2018 state initiative that restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions. [2]
Protecting the sanctity of the vote means accepting the decision of the voters in whom they choose in a particular race.
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party.He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until his death in 1989.
OPINION: Florida is a classic example of why we cannot allow strongmen to turn back the clock and take away The post Top 10 things Gov. Ron DeSantis has done to ruin democracy in Florida appeared ...