Confederate surrender at appomattox and the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln in this period of uncertainty americans wondered how the new president Andrew Johnson would lead the divided nation many especially in africanamericans were hopeful that johnson would actively promote cause of black equality. Black leaders. However became disillusioned with johnson after a dramatic meeting with the president at the white house Frederick Douglass attack johnsons policies in a number of lectures across the country. Johnsons conflict with congress over reconstruction eventually led to his impeachment. Within the records of the National Archives is the resolution to impeach johnson written on a scrap of paper and introduced in the us house of representatives of february 21st, 1868. Three days later the house voted 128 to 47 to adopt the rest of resolution. In the failed promise Robert S Levine portrays the conflicts that brought Frederick Douglass and the wider black community to reject
Despite challenges with securing accommodation for regional and international delegates, all systems appear to be in order for the eighth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). A race to put the finishing touches on the new Sandals Resort in Buccament finished just in time for the March 1 summit where more than 400 delegates, Heads of States and officials from 33 member states, including from.
Havana, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced today that he is traveling to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to attend the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Kingstown, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) The foreign minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Keisal Peters, will present a report on the country's performance while leading the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), local press reported today.