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This 1921 photo of Cassville, Wisconsin, shows an automobile repair shop and a shoe store.
The radio was everything Bettmann/Getty Images
In 1919, after World War I, the U.S. government lifted a ban on civilian radio ownership and transmission, and it wasn t long before commercial radio became a favorite source of entertainment.
The first baseball game to be broadcast on the radio was one between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on August 5, 1921. Gould the Light Man Getty Images
And with the increasing popularity of radio, the personal electronics industry boomed. This store in Stockton, California, was billed as the only real radio store in San Joaquin Valley.
On April 20, 1871, the House approved An Act to Enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United Sates and other provisions.
Post-Civil War, the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were passed. In 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery. In 1868, the 14th Amendment defined citizenship and guaranteed due process and equal protection under the law. In 1870, the 15th Amendment precluded abridgement â that is, civil rights granted by the federal government or the Constitution such as âthe right of citizens of the United States to voteâ could not be denied or abridged by state law.
âThe KKK Actâ
Notwithstanding, vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan threatened African Americans and their white allies in the South. Thus the 1871 act was dubbed âThe KKK Act.â It meant to stop the violence by giving President Ulysses S. Grant the right to intervene and take actions including suspending habeas corpus, deploying the U.S. m
Maybe Republicans will be just fine | Opinion
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Tom Deignan, a writer in Woodbridge, says Donald Trump lost Hudson and Passaic counties but he performed much more strongly in both than he did in 2016 despite all of his anti-immigrant rants and COVID-19 mishandlings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP
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By Tom Deignan
It’s fitting that Liberty State Park and Ellis Island are located within the boundaries of Hudson County.
A century after huddled masses from Russia, Italy and Ireland streamed past the Statue of Liberty, Hudson County remains a magnet for those born abroad, with West New York and Union City among America’s most immigrant-heavy districts.