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Notable Kentucky African Americans - Race War in Mayfield, KY - 0 views

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      granestrella on 28 Jan 13
       
      This explanation is an excellent precursor to the events described by Jennie and Alice Wilson. History of Mayfield and existing racial tensions give a good background to the violence the oral history interview shares.
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US History/Eisenhower Civil Rights Fifties - Wikibooks, open books for an open world - 0 views

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      granestrella on 28 Jan 13
       
      This section is extremely relevant to the Jennie Wilson oral history interview. It supports the inequality and complications despite legal desegregation in schools.
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Citizenship; a Manual for Voters, by Emma Guy Cromwell. - 24 views

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      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      Referencing the Suffragists but appealing to the Maternalists as well
  • improve and protect the home, the church and the community.
  • It is the duty of every man and woman under the protection of our flag to give his or her best to the country and be willing to take upon themselves the burden as well as the privilege of government, and fully appreciate the inheritance our fathers left.
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      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      This is true today even though too few people will take responsibility for the actions of their country.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      This draws the line between then and now and how far the image of the 'upstanding' citizen has come since the civil rights era.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      This feels abandoned in modern Kentucky. We tend to operate on a county by county basis now from what I can tell.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      Political apathy is HUGE today and a major problem among youth. It should be the job of a 'citizen' to invigorate those without an opinion.
  • composed of one man
  • The convention is opened with prayer.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      This is almost comical. The images kind of detract from the seriousness of the matter.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      Religion clearly shaped politics
  • The expense of our government is enormous, but the paying of taxes is one way in which all must take part.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      I have to agree that taxation is necessary for an established government. The trouble has come with the accumulationof external   debts that the public is expected to repay.
  • Porto Rico.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      Really? Why on Earth is it spelled this way?
  • We are not patriotic unless we respond to the call of our government.
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      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      In agreement with my stance on current definitions of citizenship
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      This is entirely contradictory.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      Without a doubt, this is true today.
    • granestrella
      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      I believe all of these are still relevant except the second bullet.
  • Another reason is that the right to vote is not only a privilege but a duty that is imposed by law, and where one is entitled to exercise that privilege, the failure to so exercise it is a failure to perform a duty on the part of the voter.
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      granestrella on 23 Jan 13
       
      YES! This is an idea people still don't seem to understand but the discrepancy now falls among age groups rather than gender
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