Author: Gordon B. McKinney
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813140870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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This title follows Henry W. Blair's remarkable political career. At the heart of his efforts was a push to improve the America's system of public education, but his reform programmes addressed a wide range of issues, including legal rights, economic rights, women's suffrage, and racial equality. He consistently supported black voting rights, introduced an antilynching bill in 1894, and worked as a lobbyist with the NAACP at the age of 80.
Author: Caroline Fairfield Corbin
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Author: Henry William Blair
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Category : Expenditures, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Author: Gordon B. McKinney
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813141397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation's leaders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America's need for enlightened leadership, Republican senator Henry Blair (1834--1920) of New Hampshire embarked on an ambitious crusade to enact dramatic progressive changes. Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America follows Blair's remarkable political career. At the heart of his efforts was a push to improve the nation's system of public education, but his reform programs addressed a wide range of issues, including legal rights, economic rights, women's suffrage, and racial equality. He consistently supported black voting rights, introduced an antilynching bill in 1894, and worked as a lobbyist with the NAACP at the age of eighty. In this long-overdue biography, Gordon B. McKinney sheds light on the brilliant career of a man who maintained a strong commitment to reform, liberty, and equality through a formative period in the nation's history. McKinney deftly demonstrates that, despite the social and economic challenges of the time, Senator Blair defended moral reform in a hostile climate and affirmed that the federal government had an important and active role to play in improving American society.
Author: Henry William Blair
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Author: Henry William Blair
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Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Category : Bills, Private
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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