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29Feb
2016

This Week in History – Civil Rights Act of 1875

Featured Photo: Civil Rights Act of 1875 Declared Unconstitutional. In 1883, The United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights act of 1875, forbidding discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public spaces, was ...

15Feb
2016

This Week in History – Women Permitted to Argue Before Supreme Court

Photo: Belva Lockwood. On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood was sworn in as the first woman lawyer able to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and in 1880, she actually argued a case, Kaiser v. Stickney, before the ...

14Dec
2015

This Week in History – Capital Punishment Abolished in Britain

Photo Source: UWE Anti-Death Penalty Group West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On December 15, 1791, the first 10 Amendments, the Bill ...