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Hope was one of many Hollywood stars who followed the tradition of traveling overseas to entertain On December 24, , President Calvin Coolidge touches a button and lights up the first national Christmas tree to grace the White House grounds. The law was hailed by supporters as a necessary step in preventing alleged communist subversion in the United States, while opponents decried the legislation as being xenophobic and discriminatory.
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If they are interested in changing, why do they continue to call themselves the Ku Klux Klan? But just then old Ku-Klip the Tinsmith arrived, and he seemed surprised to find so many visitors. Gipilikan ku ang inarmirulan, I sprinkled water on the clothes to iron. Mamiligru ku dinhing masakpan, I am in danger of getting caught in this place.
Mamintal lang ku iniglakaw, I put lipstick on when I go out. A secret society dedicated to the supremacy of white people in the United States. It began in the South during the time of Reconstruction and attempted to terrorize the many southern blacks and carpetbaggers who had replaced white southerners in positions of power.
The Klan gained renewed strength in the s and again in the s but is now very diminished.
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