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All I see is…Fuq y’all when I see this smug ass look on his face
February 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
All I see is…Fuq y’all when I see this smug ass look on his face
I’m not sure what’s going on…But after reading your post…I checked,I have no idea what’s happening but mine is up
January 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m not sure what’s going on…But after reading your post…I checked,I have no idea what’s happening but mine is up
By 1837, 23,000 Muscogee people had been forced out of the Southeast.
January 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
By 1837, 23,000 Muscogee people had been forced out of the Southeast.
that their veneration for their own law and customs will induce them speedily to remove to that region of the country west of Mississippi."
January 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
that their veneration for their own law and customs will induce them speedily to remove to that region of the country west of Mississippi."
argued for the passage of the 1832 law by specifically noting that when the Muscogee people "see and feel some palpable act of legislation under the authority of the state,
January 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
argued for the passage of the 1832 law by specifically noting that when the Muscogee people "see and feel some palpable act of legislation under the authority of the state,
Both the Alabama and federal government hoped to remove tribal communities from Alabama to the Western Territory and this law furthered those aims. Indeed, Dixon Hall Lewis, an Alabama House representative,
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Both the Alabama and federal government hoped to remove tribal communities from Alabama to the Western Territory and this law furthered those aims. Indeed, Dixon Hall Lewis, an Alabama House representative,
and those intending to illegally occupy tribal lands were enticed by the law preventing any suit for trespass by Muscogee people and traveled to Muscogee territory in Alabama to take advantage of the law, stealing land without consequence.
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
and those intending to illegally occupy tribal lands were enticed by the law preventing any suit for trespass by Muscogee people and traveled to Muscogee territory in Alabama to take advantage of the law, stealing land without consequence.
effectively ensuring that Muscogee people defrauded and illegally deprived of their land by white intruders would have no recourse in the Alabama courts. White settlers, speculators,
January 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
effectively ensuring that Muscogee people defrauded and illegally deprived of their land by white intruders would have no recourse in the Alabama courts. White settlers, speculators,
The 1832 law also provided that Cherokee and Muscogee people could only testify in court in suits involving other members of the Cherokee and Muscogee nations,
January 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The 1832 law also provided that Cherokee and Muscogee people could only testify in court in suits involving other members of the Cherokee and Muscogee nations,
Punishment for violating this law was imprisonment "in the common jail of the proper county, for not less than two, nor more than four, months.”
January 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Punishment for violating this law was imprisonment "in the common jail of the proper county, for not less than two, nor more than four, months.”
This 1832 law frustrated those efforts by declaring it illegal for tribal leaders to "meet in any counsel, assembly, or convention" and create "any law for said tribe, contrary to the laws and constitution of this State.
January 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This 1832 law frustrated those efforts by declaring it illegal for tribal leaders to "meet in any counsel, assembly, or convention" and create "any law for said tribe, contrary to the laws and constitution of this State.
Even without federal support, many Muscogee people refused to succumb to mounting pressure to emigrate west of the Mississippi River, and their leaders continued organizing efforts to secure their tribal lands.
January 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Even without federal support, many Muscogee people refused to succumb to mounting pressure to emigrate west of the Mississippi River, and their leaders continued organizing efforts to secure their tribal lands.
In response to that first law and white settlers' increasing unlawful encroachment into the Muscogee Nation, the Muscogee Council repeatedly—yet unsuccessfully—petitioned the federal government for assistance and protection.
January 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In response to that first law and white settlers' increasing unlawful encroachment into the Muscogee Nation, the Muscogee Council repeatedly—yet unsuccessfully—petitioned the federal government for assistance and protection.
to the constitution and laws of this State, be, and the same are hereby abolished."
This statute was created just three years after another law effectively extended the jurisdiction of Alabama into Muscogee territory.
This statute was created just three years after another law effectively extended the jurisdiction of Alabama into Muscogee territory.
January 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
to the constitution and laws of this State, be, and the same are hereby abolished."
This statute was created just three years after another law effectively extended the jurisdiction of Alabama into Muscogee territory.
This statute was created just three years after another law effectively extended the jurisdiction of Alabama into Muscogee territory.
Alabama law. The provision stated, "All laws, usages and customs now used, enjoyed, or practiced, by the Creek and Cherokee nations of Indians, within the limits of this State, contrary
January 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Alabama law. The provision stated, "All laws, usages and customs now used, enjoyed, or practiced, by the Creek and Cherokee nations of Indians, within the limits of this State, contrary
"conditions likely to inflict the stigmatic injury condemned in Brown." Justice Marshall argued that by reaching its decision, “the majority today suggests that 13 years of desegregation was enough.”
January 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"conditions likely to inflict the stigmatic injury condemned in Brown." Justice Marshall argued that by reaching its decision, “the majority today suggests that 13 years of desegregation was enough.”
Justice Thurgood Marshall—who argued and won the Brown case in 1954—wrote a dissent, joined by Justices Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens, arguing that a desegregation decree should not be lifted when doing so recreates segregated
January 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Justice Thurgood Marshall—who argued and won the Brown case in 1954—wrote a dissent, joined by Justices Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens, arguing that a desegregation decree should not be lifted when doing so recreates segregated
Despite troubling evidence that Oklahoma City schools were resegregating under the district's new plan, the Court sent the case back to the lower federal court for assessment under a less stringent standard, which ultimately permitted the school board to proceed with the new plan.
January 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Despite troubling evidence that Oklahoma City schools were resegregating under the district's new plan, the Court sent the case back to the lower federal court for assessment under a less stringent standard, which ultimately permitted the school board to proceed with the new plan.
On January 15, 1991, the Court declared in a 5-3 decision written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist that federal desegregation injunctions were intended to be temporary.
January 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On January 15, 1991, the Court declared in a 5-3 decision written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist that federal desegregation injunctions were intended to be temporary.
Local parents of Black students initiated litigation challenging the new assignment plan and asking for reinstatement of the 1972 busing decree. In 1989, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstituted the decree, and the school board appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Local parents of Black students initiated litigation challenging the new assignment plan and asking for reinstatement of the 1972 busing decree. In 1989, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstituted the decree, and the school board appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1984, the school board adopted a new student assignment plan that significantly reduced busing and resegregated Oklahoma City schools.
January 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 1984, the school board adopted a new student assignment plan that significantly reduced busing and resegregated Oklahoma City schools.