The United States provides billions of dollars in financial and security assistance to authoritarian regimes across the Middle East

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The president of Mississippi's 1890 constitutional convention declared that delegates had gathered to exclude Black people from voting

Blanche Kelso Bruce, who was born into slavery, served a full term as an elected United States Senator representing Mississippi during Reconstruction

Former United States Senators John C. Calhoun and Strom Thurmond both represented South Carolina in Congress

Between the 1880s and the 1930s, approximately 5,000 lynchings occurred in the United States

Following World War II, the United States provided Western European nations with security guarantees and reconstruction aid through the Marshall Plan

Following the 2011 Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood ran political candidates in democratic elections in Egypt and Tunisia

During the 1980s, the United States government supported democratic political transitions in East Asian nations including South Korea and the Philippines

The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights provide legal guarantees that restrict federal and state governmental intervention in individual life

By the 1980s, the United States chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood operated through several covert front organizations designated as cultural groups

Hamas participated in Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006 and won a majority of seats

Dalia Ziada fled Egypt after publicly condemning Hamas and the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks against Israel

The Muslim Students Association was designated as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation federal terror financing trial

By the 1980s, the United States chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood operated under a hierarchical governing body known as the Shura Council

During the Cold War, the United States provided foreign policy support to right-wing authoritarian regimes in Latin America

The Muslim Brotherhood is officially banned in most Arab and Muslim-majority countries

In 1993, Israeli leaders and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo Accords, creating the Palestinian Authority

Dalia Ziada helped organize political opposition against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt following the 2011 Arab Spring

During the 1980s, the United States government supported transitions toward electoral democracy in Latin American countries including Brazil, Peru, and Argentina

In 1987, the international Muslim Brotherhood established Hamas to counter secular Palestinian factions and oppose the state of Israel

In early 1988, an international Muslim Brotherhood delegation met with American Brotherhood leaders to arrange media, political, and financial backing for Hamas