Word: rev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disagree completely with the majority's belief that somehow the actions of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) can help achieve these goals. Extremists who perpetuate violence--like members of the IRA and unyielding Protestants such as the Rev. Ian Paisley--only make it harder to arrive at a solution; peace is the prerequisite for a political settlement in Ireland. We condemn groups and individuals in Ireland that resort to violence to achieve their goals. We further believe that the majority's linking of a settlement in Ireland to the need for IRA violence displays a lack of understanding...
...legislation, other than the constitutional amendments, in the history of the country." So says Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, referring to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. First proposed by Lyndon Johnson, the act was passed overwhelmingly by Congress after a voting rights drive in Selma, Ala., led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had ended in violent clashes between blacks and white police. The landmark law, which was renewed in 1970 and 1975, abolished literacy tests, forbade any other barriers to the registration of black voters and required six Southern states with a long history of discrimination to clear...
...present direction of this country is madness." The Rev. Herbert Daughtry, chairman of the National Black United Front, said, drawing repeated ovations from the crowd...
...Rev. William Sloane Coffin opened the conference--organized by the Boston/Cambridge Ministry in Higher Education--with a sermon on disarmament at St. Paul's Church Friday night...
...Rev.) Jesse L. Jackson National President, PUSH Chicago