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Todd DeDecker
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Michael Borum
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King despaired. After nearly three years, his relationship with President Kennedy had run out of room. Although the movement needed federal intervention more than ever, realism told King he could not pressure President Kennedy an inch further. Brooding, he took the young Justice Department lawyer Thelton Henderson privately aside. “I’m concerned ab
... See moreTaylor Branch • Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65
Carlbob
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Stefan Vilar Markiewicz • 12 cards
Harold T. Harper
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He was “Palestine’s national leader”12 when he made his alliance with Hitler and played an active role in the Holocaust.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
WHEN RICHARD RUSSELL congratulated him on his victory over Leland Olds, Johnson replied: “I’m young and impressionable, so I just tried to do what the Old Master, the junior senator from Georgia, taught me to do.” And his note to the master included the most potent of code words: “Cloture is where you find it, sir, and this man Olds was an advocate
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Robert Borgen
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