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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]
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.
Such incentive led to the development of Miami, which was an unincorporated area at the time. Flagler encouraged fruit farming and settlement along his railway line and made many gifts to build hospitals, churches and schools in Florida. [citation needed] By 1896, Flagler's railroad, the Florida East Coast Railway, reached Biscayne Bay.
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 ...
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (April 19, 1857 – October 1, 1910) was an American river pilot, captain, and politician. He was elected as the 19th governor of the U.S. state of Florida, serving from January 3, 1905, to January 5, 1909.
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Florida voted for the Republican nominee in all three presidential elections held during the Reconstruction era. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Shortly after, white Democrats regained control of the legislature. In 1885, they created a new constitution, followed by statutes through 1889, that disfranchised most Black people and many poor whites.
It was bound to happen, sooner or later. On Monday, the Walt Disney Co.’s corporate privilege in Florida finally succumbed to its Democracy Problem. Specifically, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...