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Ellison recognized that the atmosphere of racism in Oklahoma after the riots prevented plaintiffs from winning damages in the 1920s, but he said that survivors could have filed suit in the 1960s, after the Jim Crow era ended...
...judge on the one hand got it—there was an atmosphere immediately after the riot that would make it preposterous to assume that our clients could have filed [suit in the 1920s],” said Michele A. Roberts, an attorney at the Washington, D.C.-based firm Shea & Gardner who served on the plaintiffs’ legal team along with Ogletree and Johnnie Cochran...
...power, empowerment and the generation of social movement” in the African American struggle for equal opportunity. In presenting her study of black survival, she focused on the life and career of Maude Callen, a nurse and midwife who served the community of Pineville, S.C., from the 1920s to the 1950s...
...specifically, visitors are asked to sit in it. “Design~Recline: Modern Architecture and the Mid-Century Chaise Longue,” looks at a particular brand of chair created by a particular group of people. The chair: the chaise longue. The people: modern architects in the 1920s and 1930s...
Ballroom dancing, both recreational and competitive, became hugely popular in the 1920s, particularly on the East Coast. Now it's a worldwide phenomenon in which competitors perform anywhere from 20 to 30 individual dances over several days. Each dance lasts only about 50 sec. to 1 min. 45 sec. A panel of judges bases its decision on a slew of factors, such as timing, poise, balance, style and how well couples move together. Prizes are usually trophies but in some cases cash awards of around $500 that are used to pay for future lessons. Many avid amateurs spend easily...