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January, 1989

To honor our 35th anniversary, we hereby take an eye-opening look at America in 1954 and now.Quote"On May 17, 1954. The Constitution of the United States was destroyed because of the Supreme Court's decision. You are not obliged to obey the decisions of. Any court which are plainly fraudulent." *--Mississippi Senator James Eastland, commenting on the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.The D. C ViewNumber of states in the Union in 1954,48; today, 50...

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