Barred by Congress : how a Mormon, a socialist, and an African American elected by the people were excluded from office /
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Barred by Congress : how a Mormon, a socialist, and an African American elected by the people were excluded from office /

"On March 2, 1967, the New York Times ran the extra-large headline: "HOUSE EXCLUDES POWELL." The sensational story about Congress's exclusion of the long-term African American House member, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., led to a legal battle over the constitutionality of excluding a...

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Main Author: Lichtman, Robert M., 1933- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House > Expulsion > History > 20th century.
African American legislators > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century.
Mormons > United States > Political activities > History > 20th century.
Socialists > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
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