Full Definition of CLAUSE. 1. : a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence. 2.: a separate section of a discourse or writing; specifically: a distinct article in a formal document.See clause defined for English-language learners.ull Definition of CLAUSE. 1. : a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence. 2. : a separate section of a discourse or writing; specifically: a distinct article in a formal document. See clause defined for English-language learners.
In 1928, the school children of Georgia selected the brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) as the state bird. Proposals were made to the Legislature and bills to adopt the brown thrasher as the state bird were introduced, but no action was taken. On April 6, 1935, the brown thrasher was declared the state bird of Georgia by proclamation of Governor Eugene Talmadge.
The civil rights movement that spanned the years following the. Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 through the pas-. sage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 marked a watershed period. that accomplished far more than the elimination of racial barri-.