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After the Civil War, the vote was extended to members of all races. Some states placed a tax on voting to hold down the black vote.

A rebellion of working class people following social changes brought about by the Black Death.

The new Gallup Poll reports that Americans do not believe that President Obama will honor the commitment he made not to raise federal income taxes.

In 1963, Dr. King made his legendary "I Have a Dream" speech and set forth standards to change American's mind-set. In 2008 we ask, did he succeed?

The proclamation that all men are created equal took a long time to fulfill in a nation that originally denied political rights to all but propertied white males.

Gandhi doggedly fought for India's independence by opposing British law with a philosophy of non-violent non-cooperation.

Indirect taxation in the Roman provinces were a source of resentment and bitterness, especially if the tax collectors were contractors from within the local communities.

For a millennium it was the spiritual center of the Zoroastrian world. For more than 700 years it was also a thriving center of Buddhist thought.

Egypt's history dates back to about 700,000 years ago as evidenced by the fossils of early man who lived in the region.

A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of American Author Henry David Thoreau.

African Americans show an unwavering loyalty towards the Democratic Party. This loyalty coupled with an increase in Black turnout could deliver Democrats the Presidency.

Although the Constitution has been amended numerous times through a lengthy process, many proposed amendments never made it beyond the House of Representatives.

Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to be either the Prime Minister of the UK, or lead the Conservative Party. She was the British Prime Minister for 11 years.

The Progressive Era was a time of intense reform, but for most blacks it was a transition; not from slavery to freedom, but from slavery to Jim Crow.

The U.S. Constitution does not give Americans rights. It was created and modified to prevent government from infringing rights.

Recent changes in felon disenfranchisement laws in Florida may have an impact on the next election.

Biography of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, scientist (chemist) and lawyer, the first woman prime minister of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland.

At the end of February the BBC will air this made-for-TV film following the final days of perhaps the most dominant British leader of the 20th Century, Margaret Thatcher.

By 1890, the Redeemers returned the South to political "home rule" which led to the complete disenfranchisement of the new black electorate.

In the wake of Southern resistance to Federal Reconstruction laws, Congress crafted the 14th Amendment to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws.

Taxes have been imposed on Americans since 1765 and evolved throughout the centuries, some related to historical events and others were more added more gradually.

Amateur genealogists, especially those who are new to the endeavor, will discover amazing variations in the spelling of their family names.

The African-American population grew to 120,000 by 1930. Was one cause of the Great Migration, freedom, achieved when Coleman Young became Detroit's first Black Mayor?

Through peaceful protest and applied education, three giants of the long civil rights movement aided in reversing the doctrine against African Americans.

The tourist attractions London offers don't always come cheap. But sights to see in London don't have to cost a penny. Take Trafalgar Square, a must-see for everyone.

The later Plantagenet kings ruled England through a period marked by (largely successfull) wars at home and abroad, and through the devastating Black Death of 1349-1350.

Hoping to throw the election of 1948 into the House of Representatives, Southern "Dixiecrats" mobilized to stop federal anti-segregationist legislation.

The latest furore over expenses has projected the British Parliament into a unique new members' club.

In June 1381 a hated poll tax became the catalyst in a conflict in which the Tower of London was breached for the first and last time during the Peasants' Revolt.

The Savoy Hotel in London stands between the river and the Strand. Hotels don't come any better. Closed for refurbishments since December 2007, it will reopen in 2010.