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  • 21flesh-colored — [flesh′kul΄ərd] adj. having the typical color of a person s skin, esp. a white person s skin * * * …

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  • 22flesh-colored — [flesh′kul΄ərd] adj. having the typical color of a person s skin, esp. a white person s skin …

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  • 23White person — A person of the Caucasian race ( 6 Fed. Rep. 256). Note: In the time of slavery in the United States white person was generally construed as a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and decisions in different States since… …

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  • 24Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person — Infobox Painting| backcolor=#FBF5DF painting alignment=right image size=300px title=Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person artist=Max Ernst year=1919 20 type=Mixed media height=49.4 width=31.5 height inch=19.45 width inch = 12.4… …

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  • 25Henry B. Brown and John M. Harlan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) — ▪ Primary Source       By 1896 segregation in railway cars was in effect in all Southern states. In an effort to test the constitutionality of Louisiana s segregation laws, Homer A. Plessy, who was only one eighth African American and could… …

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  • 26Negro — This article is about the historic term. For an overview of the subject, see Black people. For the pro wrestler, see Sin Cara Negro. The word Negro is used in the English speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance,… …

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  • 27black — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. darkness, midnight, Stygian hue; Negro, African American. v. t. shine, polish (shoes). See color, darkness.Ant., white. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Opposite to white] Syn. dark, blackish, ebony, jet,… …

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  • 28Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …

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  • 29Reconstruction era of the United States — In the history of the United States, Reconstruction refers to the time between 1863 and 1877 when the U.S. focused on abolishing slavery, destroying the Confederacy, and reconstructing the nation and the Constitution. Reconstruction is also the… …

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  • 30Negro — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. African, Ethiopian, Sudanese, etc.; black, African or Afro American. See humanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Black, African, African American, Afro American, person of color, colored person, mulatto,… …

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