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the state of South Carolina and resigned from his judicial duties. He campaigned hard and won the governorship and was inaugurated on January 21, 1947. The governor race had 11 candidates total including the incumbent and a Hollywood stuntman and Thurmond gave them the name the “Barnwell ring” after the political leaders in Barnwell did not support him. While governor he pushed for more money to education and the formation of more kindergartens, enacting a minimum wage, and to help get women more

When Associate Justice Antonin Scalia perished in Texas from natural causes, the focus was on the storm of controversy that was sparked by the now vacant space on the highest court in the nation, rather than the great tragedy of an honorable and long-serving government official passing away. While this does paint a sorry picture of our nation's focus on who has the power rather than individual's happiness, the altercation caused by the urgent, important, and pressing question of who should appoint

Congress is perhaps the most despised branch in our government. It is widely considered broken and outdated, and many believe it ignores the wants of the American people. In this paper, I will discuss Congress in depth and shed light on this controversial branch. The United States Congress is dived into two section: The House of Representatives and the Senate. The United Sates Senate has a total of 100 members, while the House of Representatives has 435 members. In order to become a member of the

The modern identity of the United States of America is predicated on the notion that “all men are created equal.” However, behind the idealism of aphorisms such as these found in America’s founding documents exists the truth of the American situation: that “equality” has exceptions. In the eyes of Thomas Jefferson and other framers, “all men” were white landowners. The dichotomy of equality for “all men” and the third estate was a feature of democracy in America for centuries and a defining characteristic

as well. The authors do not appear to be affiliated with any political organizations. Hughlene Burton is a Ph.D. and accounting professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Holley Ulbrich, as I stated before, is a fellow at the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. She has also obtained her Ph.D., and even though her work was found in the opinion section of the US News website, I believe her standpoint

helped Franklin D. Roosevelt out with the New Deal through congress. Byrnes served as governor of South Carolina in 1951 till 1955. Byrnes used to support the racial segregation in the schools. In 1964 he gave his blessing to United States Senator Strom Thurmond of the state of South Carolina to be in the Democratic Party in 1964 and declare himself as a Republican, but Mr. Byrnes remained a Democrat at that time. Byrnes was very balanced on his time and therefore he failed to earn the approval of the

America’s Post-World War II Era: New Left vs. Right The challenge to a variety of political and social issues distinctly characterizes the post World War II (WWII) era, from the mid 1940’s through the 1970’s, in the United States. These issues included African-American civil rights, women’s rights, the threat of Communism, and America’s continuous war effort by entering the Cold War immediately after the end to WWII. These debated issues led to the birth of multiple social movements, collectively

very big argument whether or whether not racial segregation was in place in school. Although it does not state that in the constitution Southern Manifesto was a document published in 1956 and written by Richard Russell Jr., Lyndon B Johnson, and Strom Thurmond. The Southern Manifesto was a document about the attempt to rebel and push back the Brown vs Board of Edu. Southern Manifesto’s purpose was to have racial segregation in public areas. Brown vs Board of Edu. states that it is illegal to have racial

which is remains of coastal dunes when the land was sunken, or when the oceans were higher. The highest point in South Carolina would be the Sassafras Mountain which is 3,560 feet high. The three largest lakes are Lake Marion, 110,000 acres, Lake Strom Thurmond, 71,000 acres, and Lake Moultrie, 60,000 acres.

“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice”, said Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963. The civil rights conflict had been raging for years. Violence from both sides, primarily the brutal force from the segregationists, had lead to a massive conflict that broke the country. But, the man, Martin Luther King Jr. had inspired a movement of nonviolent resistance to stand up to the oppression with peace. He was a very inspiring and