When Rufus Eldridge Phillips was born on 1 August 1892, in Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, United States, his father, Samuel Alexander Phillips, was 38 and his mother, Lena Travis, was 36. He married Theresa Andrews about 1912. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ward One, Richland, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 17 September 1947, at the age of 55, and was buried in Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
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