(Encyclopedia) NemeaNemeanēˈmēə, nĭmēˈə [key], city of ancient Greece, in N Argolis. At the temple of Zeus were held the Nemean games, which from 573 b.c. were one of the four Panhellenic festivals;…
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(Encyclopedia) Roth v. United States, case decided in 1957 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel Roth of New York City was convicted of mailing obscene materials. On appeal his conviction was affirmed by…
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Reconstruction Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe Many years ago, the few readers of radical Abolitionist papers must often have seen the singular name of…
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