Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was a freedom fighter and a noted Indian lawyer.
A prominent leader of Congress,who defended Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt as a lawyer, after they threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly

He became first Indian ambassador to USA in 1947

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A UN tribute to the late, great Robert Sobukwe, founder of the Pan-African Congress, who organised multiple protests, including the one that led to the Sharpeville massacre.

A teacher, editor of the Africanist and proponent of "Africa for Africans", he was jailed for 9 years...

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The Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress, Winslow Homer, 1861 https://t.co/yeajC3RC6I

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Out of 100 people in congress, only 50% are idiots, and other 49% are more idiots.

Looking for that one percent?
Yes! That's our Pappu.

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CFP: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 6-9 July 2020

The Marches of Britain and Ireland, 1100-1400

Sponsors: Medieval and Early Modern Research Initiative, Cardiff University and the Welsh Chronicles Research Group, Bangor University

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We loved this article! "An Ancient Snapshot of Native Taiwanese Culture" the Library of Congress, in conjunction with the National Central Library of Taiwan, has digitized and released 1,000 rare Chinese books produced prior to 1796.
https://t.co/YNK6wo5u2c

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8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party is held in Moscow. Delegates at the Congress, with Stalin, Lenin, and Mikhail Kalinin in the center (11 of the other pictured will later be executed, 3 commit suicide):

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Sunday Cartoon: N.C. Congressman Mark Meadows is one of the biggest Trump toadies in Congress, though I'm afraid too many North Carolinians don't know who he is. At present he is leading the charge of the Freedom Caucus to impeach Rosenstein.

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Top NRA puppets in Congress, from 2013, still in charge.

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The debate changed nothing. Comey's back before Congress, the cover-up story is still breaking + are next

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Excited to hear that my favorite piece from 2015, The Unseely Congress, was the one that made it into Spectrum 23!

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