Saturday, November 18, 2006

Freedom Calendar 11/18/06 - 11/25/06

November 18, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for 'the Republican ticket, straight'.

November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address, calling for 'a new birth of freedom.'

November 20, 1953, Birth of Matt Fong, Chinese-American Republican elected Treasurer of California in 1994; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1998.

November 21, 1991, President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation.

November 22, 1865, Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination.

November 23, 1860, Birth into slavery of Republican Edward Johnson, historian and first African-American New York state legislator (1917-18); helped outlaw racial discrimination in public accommodations.

November 24, 1929, Death of U.S. Senator Francis Warren (R-WY), last Senator to have fought for Union in Civil War; hired first woman in U.S. Senate, Republican Leona Wells.

November 25, 1955, Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel.

“It’s that expression of the individual and a willingness to put the educational opportunities before me that led to who I am. Who you are is who you are as an individual.”

Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State

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