Word: mississippi
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...Governor Theodore G. Bilbo urged the Mississippi legislature to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. Departing from his usual bilious bigotry, Bilbo requested "recognition to the intelligence, sweetness, character, ability and worth of the fair womanhood of Mississippi." But the legislators, reluctant to enfranchise black women also, voted...
Last week, by a unanimous senate vote, Mississippi became the final state to ratify the 19th Amendment. The action came a mere 64 years after it became the law of the land. When State Senator Howard Dyer called the resolution up for a vote, he rivaled the condescending chivalry of Bilbo. The measure, drawled Dyer, was drafted by "some lady legislators who take great pride in the fact that they are authors...
...unexpectedly heavy turnout of 135,000 that prolonged some caucuses two hours past the scheduled closing time of 4 p.m. Mondale won, with 49% of the vote, but Hart took a more than respectable 31%. On Saturday, Mondale also won the greatest number of delegates in Arkansas and Mississippi. Earlier in the week, he scored victories where he had to (Georgia, Alabama) in order to survive and slow Hart's surge a bit-from 150 m.p.h. to 100 m.p.h., in Hart's offhand metaphor...
...Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania will provide a tougher test for Jackson. Northern blacks traditionally are less swayed by appeals from the black church, which has been the power plant of Jackson's campaign. But after his impressive showings on Super Tuesday and in Saturday's Arkansas, Mississippi and South Carolina caucuses, the two front runners cannot take him lightly. Says black State Representative Robert Holmes of Atlanta: "Jackson's candidacy sends a message to liberals like Mondale that they will have to do more than mouth tokenisms...
...Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will hold primaries; Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Washington will hold caucuses. At stake: 1,003 delegates...