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    The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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    is the D.C. affiliate of the national Green Party but has traditionally elevated issues of District of Columbia statehood movement as its primary focus...
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  • New Columbia is a name proposed by the District of Columbia statehood movement since 1983. New Columbia may also refer to: New Columbia (Portland, Oregon)...
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    referendum on statehood for the District of Columbia was held on November 8, 2016. It was the first referendum on statehood to be held in the district. The District...
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    District of Columbia (until 1871) District of Columbia federal voting rights District of Columbia home rule District of Columbia statehood movement History...
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  • Congress. District of Columbia voting rights District of Columbia statehood movement Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico Statehood movement in Puerto...
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    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. The District is the federal capital; as such...
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    1991. District of Columbia voting rights District of Columbia statehood movement United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia List...
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    The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is...
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    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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  • Perpetual Union State cessions Statehood movement in the District of Columbia Statehood movement in Puerto Rico Secession in the United States "March 4:...
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    term limits, abolition of the tipped minimum wage, cannabis use, and advancements in the District of Columbia statehood movement. D.C. has allowed non-citizen...
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    Caribbean portal 51st state District of Columbia statehood movement Hawaii Admission Act, the last act of admission of a US state (1959) Key: A – all adults...
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    abolition of the tipped minimum wage, cannabis use, and advancements in the District of Columbia statehood movement. Since the late 1800s, the residents of the...
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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...
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    admitting another country, or granting statehood to the District of Columbia, thereby increasing the number of states in the Union from 50 to 51; a new...
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    States military, imperialism, public ownership of railroads, “self-government” for the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.), lynching and pensions for...
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    Mario Van Peebles (category Columbia College (New York) alumni)
    some of them he performed both roles.[citation needed] In 2014, Van Peebles filmed a public service video supporting the District of Columbia statehood movement...
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    including by the Statehood movement in the District of Columbia. The flag of Washington D.C. placed eighth out of 72 entries in a 2001 survey of U.S. and Canadian...
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    Civil rights movement portal United States portal District of Columbia statehood movement District of Columbia voting rights District of Columbia retrocession...
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    This is a list of African Americans who have served in the United States Senate. The Senate has had 12 African-American elected or appointed officeholders...
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  • The following is a list of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential nominees and candidates for nomination. Nominees are candidates...
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    including the D.C. statehood movement and the proposed District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, have been unsuccessful. Opponents of D.C. voting rights...
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  • majority-minority district is an electoral district, such as a United States congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial...
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  • This page is a list of African-American United States Senate candidates. Listed are those African-American candidates who achieved ballot access for a...
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    accommodated the end of Reconstruction becoming more ambiguous on civil rights and with the rise of the Republican lily-white movement, African Americans...
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    The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and...
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  • Black women in American politics (category History of civil rights in the United States)
    " Overall, 19 states, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected a Black woman to represent them in the U.S. House....
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    ever held a cabinet position before the civil rights movement or the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in public accommodations...
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  • District of Columbia Route 295 District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 District of Columbia State Board of Education District of Columbia statehood movement...
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