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e. The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century. It contributed to and paralleled the anti-communist campaign which is known as McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare. [1] Gay men and lesbians were said to be ...
Publication place. United States. Advertisement for the Purple Pamphlet by Guild Press, a publisher of homosexual erotica. Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida, also known as the Purple Pamphlet, was an anti-homosexual propaganda pamphlet published in January 1964 by the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (FLIC) of the Florida ...
Purple coalition. Purple is a common term in politics used to describe governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours. It is of particular note in three countries. In the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple ( Dutch: paars) is the term for a government coalition of ...
The history of Fairbanks, the second-largest city in Alaska, can be traced to the founding of a trading post by E.T. Barnette on the south bank of the Chena River on August 26, 1901. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but a permanent settlement was not established at the site of Fairbanks until the start of the ...
The Purple People Bridge between Cincinnati and Newport closed Sunday after a passerby reported falling debris. On Tuesday, a sign on an unlocked gate on the Kentucky side said the bridge was ...
History Main articles: History of the Labour Party (UK) and History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Origins to 1890s The original Liberty logo, in use until 1983 The origins of what became the Labour Party emerged in the late 19th century. It represented the interests of the labour unions and more generally the growing urban working class. Hundreds of thousands of workers had ...
Here's a look at the bridge's history. Part of its anniversary celebration, the Purple People Bridge will host a Backroads Wine Festival on Thursday. Here's a look at the bridge's history.
The Purple People Bridge was closed in May 2021 because of falling stone. It was partially reopened that July and fully reopened that November, with repair work continuing into 2022. Southbank ...