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| | Encyclopedia: Richard Russell, Jr. |
 | | Russell was born in Winder, Georgia, the fourth of 13 children of Richard Brevard Russell, Sr., a prominent lawyer and later chief justice of the state. |
 | | Russell, as the south's leader in the senate, had repeatedly blocked and defeated civil rights legislation and had co-authored the Southern Manifesto in opposition to civil rights. |
 | | Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732âJune 19, 1794) was the sixth President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation, holding office from November 30, 1784 to November 22, 1785. |
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