Sentences with phrase «cement political alliances»
A new DNA study suggests that these women, whose striking skulls have been unearthed from nearby grave sites, were high - ranking «treaty brides» from Romania and Bulgaria, married off to cement political alliances.
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When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, he cemented a political alliance between African Americans and the Democratic Party that continues to this day.