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Button Gwinnett (/ ɡ w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t / gwin-ET; March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence. [1]
Georgia's constitution, adopted on February 5, 1777, created the state's first counties: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes, all named for friends of the colonies in British Parliament, except Liberty, a title that honored St. John Parish's early zeal for American rights. [1]
John Adam Treutlen, born Hans Adam Treuettlen (January 16, 1734 – March 1, 1782) was a German-born politician and businessman who served as the first elected governor of Georgia, [a] from 1777 to 1778. He was a leader in Georgia during the American Revolution and helped write Georgia's first constitution.
This new state government called for another convention to adopt a new constitution in 1868. Additionally, a number of "carpetbaggers," Northerners who moved to the South following the war, participated in the convention. [22] The new state constitution aimed to provide rights for African Americans and promote racial equality in the state.
Black churches had long been important centers of their communities. Ministers and their thousands of congregations throughout the South were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle. U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The SCLC led a desegregation campaign in Albany, Georgia in 1961. This campaign, however ...
A constitutional amendment would require a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate (or a request for a convention by two-thirds of the states), and ratification by three-fourths of state ...
Arkansas: An amendment to the state constitution says, "The policy of Arkansas is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception until birth, to the extent permitted by the Federal Constitution." [275] The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 is passed, which extended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 coverage to all programs ...
The new law mandates that employers with at least 15 employees provide "reasonable accommodations" to workers who need them due to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, according to ...