July 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution for independence from Britain. In 1788, it was announced in the U.S. Congress that the ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on ...

In this March 15, 1965, photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson asks a joint session of Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act. He spoke of his experience as a young teacher in a segregated Mexican ...

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story stated Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) did not respond to questions for comment. Her statement is now reflected below. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Wednesday ...

Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that ...

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