1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress
The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress was a joint resolution by the legislature of the state of Georgia, and approved by Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin on March 8, 1957, urging the Congress of the United States to declare the 14th and 15th Amendments null and void because of purported violations of the Constitution during the post-Civil War ratification process.
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Georgia
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Georgia Governor
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Marvin Griffin
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Congress of the United States
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14th
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15th Amendments
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Civil War
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1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress
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1957
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1957-03-08T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
March 8, 1957
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14
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15
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