Bernard Givhan was born on 6 November 1937 as the son of Roland Smith and Picalo Givhan. He had at least 1 son with Shirley Ann Donell. He died on 16 October 2002, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 64.
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Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
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The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Probably an altered form of Irish and Scottish Given . This surname is found mainly among African Americans.
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