This law was the single most important political action of the century aimed at fulfilling the promise of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence for all citizens. |
Robert Wedgeworth is the University Librarian and Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. His choices for the most important events of the 1900's reflect a general approach. See why a British rock band and an American baseball player made it onto his list. |