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Catholic Nationalism And Feminism In Twentieth-Century Ireland, Jennifer M. Donohue
Catholic Nationalism And Feminism In Twentieth-Century Ireland, Jennifer M. Donohue
Honors Theses
In the early 1900s, Ireland experienced a surge in nationalism as its political leanings shifted away from allegiance to the British Parliament and towards a pro-Ireland and pro-independence stance. The landscape of Ireland during this period was changed dramatically by the subversive popularity of the Irish political party, Sinn Fein, which campaigned for an Ireland for the Irish. Much of the political rhetoric surrounding this campaign alludes to the fact that Ireland was not inherently “British” because it defined itself by two unique, un-British characteristics – the Gaelic language and the Catholic faith.
As Sinn Fein’s hold on Ireland increased, …
The Detention Of Suspected Terrorists In Northern Ireland And Great Britain, Brice Dickson
The Detention Of Suspected Terrorists In Northern Ireland And Great Britain, Brice Dickson
University of Richmond Law Review
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The Pulpit Initiative: Fighting To Return America's First Freedom To Her Churches, David Abbondanza
The Pulpit Initiative: Fighting To Return America's First Freedom To Her Churches, David Abbondanza
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
This Comment looks at the foundational principles of the Pulpit Initiative and examines first, whence the need for a change came, and second, whether it is likely to come about. Part 11 examines the historical developments that resulted in the 1954 amendment banning pastors from speaking on candidates from the pulpit. Part III focuses on the ADF and its rationale for bringing about change along with the constitutional reasoning behind its arguments. Part IV provides some concluding remarks surrounding this initiative's likely future and whether the ADF and its associated pastors stand a chance of succeeding against the United States …
"It Was Still No South To Us": African American Civil Servants At The Fin De Siècle, Eric S. Yellin
"It Was Still No South To Us": African American Civil Servants At The Fin De Siècle, Eric S. Yellin
History Faculty Publications
If Washingtonians know anything about black civil servants of the early twentieth century, it is that they faced discrimination under President Woodrow Wilson. Beginning in 1913, Wilson’s Democratic administration dismantled a biracial, Republican-led coalition that had struggled since Reconstruction to make government offices places of racial egalitarianism. During Wilson's presidency, federal officials imposed "segregation" (actually exclusion), rearranged the political patronage system, and undercut black ambition. The Wilson administration's policies were a disaster for black civil servants, who responded with one of the first national civil rights campaigns in U.S. history. But to fully grapple with the meaning of federal segregation, …
The Pulpit Initiative: Fighting To Return America's First Freedom To Her Churches, David Abbondanza
The Pulpit Initiative: Fighting To Return America's First Freedom To Her Churches, David Abbondanza
Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest
This Comment looks at the foundational principles of the Pulpit Initiative and examines first, whence the need for a change came, and second, whether it is likely to come about. Part 11 examines the historical developments that resulted in the 1954 amendment banning pastors from speaking on candidates from the pulpit. Part III focuses on the ADF and its rationale for bringing about change along with the constitutional reasoning behind its arguments. Part IV provides some concluding remarks surrounding this initiative's likely future and whether the ADF and its associated pastors stand a chance of succeeding against the United States …