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Civil Rights Legislation

Laws passed in the 20th century to protect the rights of African Americans and other minority groups.

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Jan 15, 2026
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What is the history of the filibuster in the US Senate before 2013?

The filibuster grew from an 1806 procedural change that removed the “previous question,” creating in practice a Senate tradition of unlimited debate that minority senators could exploit to delay or bl...

Jan 24, 2026
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How did Republican wartime and Reconstruction policies translate into the 13th Amendment process?

wartime measures—most visibly the and the party’s 1864 platform—created the political momentum and constitutional rationale that drove to draft and pass the as a permanent national abolition of slaver...