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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Digital Resources Division Intern Em Merrick takes us through an overview of collisions - a leading cause of endangerment for birds - and the local and state laws taking effect to protect this species.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The U.S. Reports collection delves into historic Supreme Court cases which have ties to Pride month and the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Bailey highlights several from the twentieth century in this blog post.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, LGBTQ
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Bailey visits the National Museum of the American Indian and the Native American Veterans Memorial in honor of both Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
We’ve explored many types of documents in the Serial Set in our monthly series. Today, in honor of National Native American Heritage month, we will identify a Native American whose name appears throughout the Serial Set, and explore the legacy of his nation through the Law Library’s Indigenous Law Resources. Ely S. Parker was born …
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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The following is a guest post by Jacquelyn Deppe, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a graduate student of the Masters of Information program at Rutgers University. International Coffee Day is celebrated in the United States on September 29, and internationally on October 1. According to …
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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This post outlines the history of Native American citizenship and voting rights.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congress has dealt with issues of voter disenfranchisement on the basis of race throughout history. The question of suffrage for District of Columbia residents in 1844 demonstrated how the enfranchisement of D.C. residents and Black American men was interconnected. In that year, the Senate Committee for the District of Columbia, which held jurisdiction over D.C. from 1816 until …
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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This post highlights a few entries from the U.S. Congressional Series Set related to Susan B. Anthony and the early women's suffrage movement.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History