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Executive Order 11110 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER  NO. 10289 AS AMENDED RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 10289 of September, 15, 1951, as amended, is hereby further amended  (a) By adding at the end of paragraph 1 thereof the following subparagraph  (j): "(j) The authority vested in the President by paragraph (b) of Section 43 of the Act of May, 12, 1933, as amended (31 U.S.C. 821 (b)), to issue silver certificates against any silver bullion, silver, or standard silver dollars in the Treasury not then held for redemption of any outstanding silver certificates, to prescribe the the denominations of such silver certificates, and to coin standard silver dollars and subsidiary silver currency for their redemption," and (b) By revokin...

Black Wall Street: Tulsa, OK (1921) (Full Version) The riot occurred in the racially and politically tense atmosphere of post- World War I  (WWI) northeastern Oklahoma. The territory, which was declared a state on November 16, 1907, had received many settlers from the South who had been slaveholders before the  American Civil War . In the early 20th century,  lynchings  were not uncommon in Oklahoma, as part of a continuing effort by whites to maintain social dominance. Between the declaration of statehood and the Tulsa race riot 13 years later, 31 persons were lynched in Oklahoma; 26 were black and most were men. During the twenty years following the riot, the number of lynchings statewide fell to 2. The newly created state legislature had passed racial segregation laws, commonly known as  Jim Crow laws , as one of its first orders of business. Its 1907 constitution and laws had voter registration rules that effectively  disfranchised...