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Politics: President John F. Kennedy Newsletter for 2020-02-23 ( 4 items )  
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Public Comment on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proposed Rule (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Dariely Rodriguez, director for the Economic Justice Project at Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has issued a public comment on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's proposed rule entitled "Official Time in Federal Sector Cases before the Commission ". The comment was written on Feb. 10, 2020, and posted on Feb. 11, 2020: * * * The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (the "Lawyers' Committee"), and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Hu more ST

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: New Travel Ban Takes Effect, National Groups Respond to Expansion of Muslim Ban Targeting More Black Immigrants: (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on Feb. 20: On January 31, 2020, the Trump Administration issued a proclamation announcing an expansion of the Muslim Ban to include Nigeria, Tanzania, Eritrea, Sudan, Burma and Kyrgyzstan. As of tomorrow, February 21, 2020, new immigrant visas will no longer be issued to nationals from Myanmar, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan and Eritrea. The ban will also exclude nationals from the countries of Suda more PR

Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament Features President John F. Kennedy's White House Portrait (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The White House Historical Association issued the following news release: The White House Historical Association's Official 2020 White House Christmas Ornament commemorates President John F. Kennedy and is in the image of his posthumous official White House portrait made by Aaron Shikler in 1970. The back of the ornament features the dates that Kennedy was in office, 1961-1963, and a quote by First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy which states, "The White House belongs to the Ameri more PR

University of Wisconsin: History Professor Publishes Book on African-American Soldiers (10)
MENOMONIE, Wis., Feb. 21 -- The University of Wisconsin's Stout Campus issued the following news: * * * - Le'Trice Donaldson to speak Feb. 23 and Feb. 27 * * * As he crawled through the Arizona desert, both legs wounded from gunshots, Corp. Isaiah Mays knew his fellow soldiers were counting on him. He kept thinking, "If I fail, my people fail." Mays, an African American soldier in the 24th Infantry, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Wham Paymaster Robbery of more PR