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The Proof Ledger

Every source is logged, graded, and placed under custody so the archive earns the right to speak. This is not a bibliography. It is the proof ledger.

The archive speaks only through logged record. Alphabetical order stays fixed. External source links stay preserved. Evidence grading is structural, not decorative.

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  • Aprimary / direct / official / archival
  • Bstrong secondary / synthesis
  • Ccontextual / journalistic support
  • Dcontested / partial / weak

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101 logged records. Records remain alphabetized; authority is surfaced at scan level.

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2026 Announcement: California Cultural Districts

California Cultural Districts, '2026 Announcement.' Published by the California Arts Council. Lists the ten districts designated in the 2026 certification cycle, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030.

California Arts Council / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Votes on Reparations Action Plan (June 30, 2026)

KALW, 'Alameda County issues historic vote on reparations action plan,' 2 July 2026. Reporting the Board of Supervisors' unanimous 5–0 vote of 30 June 2026 to accept and approve the Reparations Commission's final report and action plan, and to establish and fund a permanent Reparations Commission. No direct cash payments were authorized. Corroborated by NBC Bay Area and Local News Matters / Piedmont Exedra.

KALW / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 12, 2026

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Alameda County Reparations Commission, Action Report (Draft, April 2026)

Alameda County Reparations Commission, 'ACRC Action Report,' prepared by Informing Change. Draft Version #1, April 2026; 180 pp. Carries 43 approved recommendations across immediate (1-year) and near-term (1–3 year) priorities, including direct compensation for victims of unjust property takings and a right-to-return program. Accepted by the Board of Supervisors 30 June 2026.

Alameda County Reparations Commission / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 12, 2026

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Alameda County Russell City Redress Fund (2025)

Local News Matters. "AlCo supervisors sign off on $1M redress fund to compensate evicted Russell City residents." July 23, 2025. Corroborated by KQED and the City of Hayward.

Local News Matters / Published 2025 / Accessed Jul 15, 2026

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Assembly Bill 189: Arts Council: Cultural Districts (2015)

Assembly Bill 189 (Bloom), Chapter 396, Statutes of 2015. Adds Chapter 9.2 (commencing with Section 8758) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, establishing the State-Designated Cultural Districts program. Approved October 1, 2015.

California Legislature / Published 2015 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 349 U.S. 294 (1955) ('Brown II'). The Supreme Court's implementation decision, remanding to the district courts to enter such orders as are necessary to admit children to public schools on a racially nondiscriminatory basis 'with all deliberate speed.'

Supreme Court of the United States / Published 1955 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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CFPB, Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B): Disparate-Impact Rulemaking (2025 to 2026)

TWO documents. (1) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: CFPB, 'Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B),' 90 Fed. Reg., Federal Register document 2025-19864, published 13 November 2025; comments closed 15 December 2025. (2) FINAL RULE: CFPB, 'Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B),' 91 Fed. Reg. (Vol. 91, No. 77), Federal Register document 2026-07804, published 22 April 2026, RIN 3170-AB54, Docket CFPB-2025-0039. ACTION: Final rule.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 08, 2026

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CFPB, Interpretive Rules, Policy Statements, and Advisory Opinions; Withdrawal (90 Fed. Reg. 20084, May 12, 2025)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 'Interpretive Rules, Policy Statements, and Advisory Opinions; Withdrawal,' 90 Fed. Reg. 20084 (May 12, 2025). Federal Register document 2025-08286. Withdraws 67 guidance documents, including the Buy Now Pay Later interpretive rule at 89 FR 47068.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / Published 2025 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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CFPB, Use of Digital User Accounts to Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans, Interpretive Rule (89 Fed. Reg. 47068, May 31, 2024)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 'Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Use of Digital User Accounts To Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans,' Interpretive Rule, 89 Fed. Reg. 47068 (May 31, 2024). Federal Register document 2024-11800. Applicable July 30, 2024. Withdrawn May 12, 2025.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / Published 2024 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993)

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993). Opinion of the Court by Kennedy, J. Decided June 11, 1993. Judgment reversed, no dissent. Invalidating Hialeah Ordinances 87-40, 87-52, 87-71 and 87-72 as violations of the Free Exercise Clause. Quoted from the bound United States Reports, volume 508 (Library of Congress scan).

Supreme Court of the United States / Published 1993 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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City of Philadelphia v. Department of the Interior (2026)

City of Philadelphia v. DOI, No. 26-1348 (3d Cir. 2026), on appeal from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Concerns the President's House / Independence Hall interpretive panels on slavery.

City of Philadelphia / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Code Noir (1685), Articles 2 and 3

Édit du roi touchant la police des îles de l'Amérique française (the Code Noir), March 1685. Article 2: all enslaved people in the islands shall be baptized and instructed in the Catholic religion. Article 3: the public exercise of any religion other than Catholicism is forbidden, and assemblies held for that purpose are declared unlawful and seditious.

Kingdom of France (Louis XIV) / Published 1685 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Code of Virginia (1849), ch. 196 § 13, Violation of sepulture

Code of Virginia (Richmond, 1849), ch. 196 § 13, p. 740; strengthened in the session of 1847-48. 'If a free person, unlawfully, disinter or displace a dead human body, or any part of a dead human body, which shall have been deposited in any vault or other burial place, he shall be confined in jail not more than one year, and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.' Section rubric: 'Violation of sepulture.'

General Assembly of Virginia / Published 1849 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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East Marshall Street Well Family Representative Council, Final Report (2018)

Family Representative Council, East Marshall Street Well Project, Final Report and Recommendations. Title page dated 21 August 2018; final recommendations presented to VCU on 13 December 2018. 34 pages. The descendants' own record, in their own words.

East Marshall Street Well Family Representative Council / Published 2018 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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East Marshall Street Well Project, Virginia Commonwealth University

East Marshall Street Well Project, Virginia Commonwealth University. Institutional record of the 1994 discovery of human remains in a well beneath East Marshall Street, Richmond, Virginia, and of the Medical College of Virginia's 19th-century acquisition of cadavers through grave robbing.

Virginia Commonwealth University / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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Equal Credit Opportunity Act Definitions, 15 U.S.C. 1691a

Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691a (1974, as amended). Definitions. Subsection (d): credit means the right granted by a creditor to a debtor to defer payment of debt or to incur debts and defer its payment or to purchase property or services and defer payment therefor. Subsection (e): creditor means any person who regularly extends, renews, or continues credit.

United States Congress / Published 1974 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691

Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691 (1974, as amended). Prohibits discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age. Does not contain effects-based language.

United States Congress / Published 1974 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3604

Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3604 (1968, as amended). Section 804(a). Makes it unlawful to refuse to sell or rent, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.

United States Congress / Published 1968 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3605

Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3605 (1968, as amended). Section 805. Discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions. Covers the making or purchasing of loans for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling, or secured by residential real estate, and the selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property.

United States Congress / Published 1968 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Fla. Stat. § 704.08, Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for visiting or maintenance

Florida Statutes § 704.08, 'Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for visiting or maintenance.' History: s. 36, ch. 80-238 (1980). 'The relatives and descendants of any person buried in a cemetery shall have an easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.' Where an owner refuses or fails to maintain the cemetery, 'the relatives and descendants shall have the right to maintain the cemetery.'

Florida Legislature / Published 1980 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Florida Legislature, floor votes on HB 3763 (1998) and CS/CS/HB 37 (2021)

Florida Senate bill histories. House Bill 3763 (1998), which became Ch. 98-268: House YEAS 110, NAYS 0; Senate YEAS 38, NAYS 0. CS/CS/HB 37 (2021), which became Ch. 2021-60 and created the Task Force on Abandoned African-American Cemeteries: House YEAS 117, NAYS 0; Senate YEAS 40, NAYS 0.

Florida Legislature / Published 2021 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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FTC, Credit-Based Insurance Scores: Impacts on Consumers of Automobile Insurance (Report to Congress, July 2007)

Federal Trade Commission, 'Credit-Based Insurance Scores: Impacts on Consumers of Automobile Insurance.' A Report to Congress by the Federal Trade Commission, mandated by Section 215 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. July 2007. 242 pp.

Federal Trade Commission / Published 2007 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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Haiti, Décret-loi du 5 septembre 1935 sur les pratiques superstitieuses

Décret-loi du 5 septembre 1935 sur les pratiques superstitieuses, government of President Sténio Vincent. Defines the offence primarily as the ceremonies, rites, dances and meetings in the course of which are practiced, in offering to so-called divinities, sacrifices of cattle or fowl. Bulletin des lois et actes, 1934-35 (Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l'État, 1935), p. 351.

Republic of Haiti (Sténio Vincent) / Published 1935 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Harbor Freeway (I-110): Segregation by Design

Segregation by Design, 'Harbor Freeway (I-110),' Los Angeles entry. Documents the construction of the Harbor Freeway through Black and Latino neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s.

Segregation by Design / Published 2022 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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How Banks Use Loans to Create Liquidity

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. "How Banks Use Loans to Create Liquidity." Research in Focus, June 21, 2023. Public-facing summary of the working paper "Funding Liquidity Creation by Banks" (https://www.philadelphiafed.org/the-economy/banking-and-financial-markets/funding-liquidity-creation-by-banks).

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia / Published 2023 / Accessed May 21, 2026

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Isabel Wilkerson — Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. New York: Random House, 2020.

Isabel Wilkerson / Published 2020 / Accessed —

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Jamaica, Act of 1760, Clause X (the Obeah clause)

An Act to remedy the Evils arising from irregular Assemblies of Slaves (Jamaica, 1760), Clause X. Recital: Obeah men and women 'pretending to have Communication with the Devil and other evil Spirits, whereby the weak and superstitious are deluded.' Enacting clause: possession of 'Blood, Feathers, Parrots Beaks, Dogs Teeth, Alligators Teeth, broken Bottles, Grave Dirt, Rum, Egg-shells,' proved before two magistrates and three freeholders, punishable by 'Death or Transportation.' The National Archives, UK, CO 139/21.

Colonial Assembly of Jamaica / Published 1760 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Koste, Anatomical and Surgical Training in Nineteenth Century Richmond (2012)

Jodi L. Koste, 'Anatomical and Surgical Training in Nineteenth Century Richmond,' East Marshall Street Well Project, VCU Scholars Compass (2012). Reproduces the Medical College of Virginia faculty minutes and the 1856 regulations, and documents the school's supply lines for cadavers.

Jodi L. Koste / Published 2012 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Money creation in the modern economy

Michael McLeay, Amar Radia and Ryland Thomas. "Money creation in the modern economy." Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2014 Q1.

Michael McLeay, Amar Radia, Ryland Thomas / Published 2014 / Accessed May 21, 2026

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National Parks Conservation Association v. Department of the Interior (2026)

National Parks Conservation Association v. Department of the Interior, No. 1:26-cv-10877 (D. Mass., filed Feb. 17, 2026) (Kelley, J.). Challenges the removal of historical interpretive materials from National Park Service sites under Executive Order 14253.

National Parks Conservation Association / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Netlify pricing (Free tier)

Netlify, 'Pricing' (accessed 14 July 2026). The Free tier remains available for static site deployment, which is the infrastructure the Sovereign Publishing Manifesto's cost claim rests on.

Netlify / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Owsley and Bruwelheide, Human Skeletal Remains from Site 44HE814 (2012)

Douglas W. Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide, analysis of the human skeletal remains recovered from the East Marshall Street Well, site 44HE814, VCU Scholars Compass (2012). 'Based on bone counts for the total series, a minimum of 44 adults (individuals 15 years and older) and 9 children (ages 14 years and younger) are represented.'

Douglas W. Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide / Published 2012 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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Paul Robeson HUAC Testimony, June 12, 1956

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Un-American Activities, Investigation of the Unauthorized Use of U.S. Passports, 84th Congress, Part 3, June 12, 1956. Reprinted in Eric Bentley, ed., Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938–1968 (New York: Viking Press, 1971), 770. Reader text hosted by The American Yawp Reader, Chapter 25 (The Cold War).

U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities / Published 1956 / Accessed Jul 15, 2026

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Public Law 119-10: Congressional Disapproval of the CFPB Overdraft Rule (S.J. Res. 18, May 9, 2025)

Public Law 119-10, 139 Stat. 53. Joint Resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to 'Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions.' S.J. Res. 18, 119th Congress. Approved May 9, 2025.

119th Congress of the United States / Published 2025 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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Sugar Hill: Segregation by Design

Segregation by Design, 'Sugar Hill,' Los Angeles entry. Documents the destruction of the Sugar Hill neighborhood in West Adams by the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) in the 1960s.

Segregation by Design / Published 2022 / Accessed Jul 09, 2026

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Tyler v. Hennepin County (U.S. Supreme Court, 2023)

Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, 598 U.S. 631 (2023). Unanimous (9-0), Roberts, C.J. Holding: a government may retain only what it is owed in taxes, penalties and fees; keeping a homeowner's surplus equity is a taking under the Fifth Amendment.

Supreme Court of the United States / Published 2023 / Accessed —

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United States v. City of Cleveland, Order Denying Joint Motion to Terminate (N.D. Ohio, May 8, 2026)

United States v. City of Cleveland, No. 1:15-cv-01046-SO (N.D. Ohio), Order denying the parties' Joint Motion to Terminate Settlement Agreement (ECF No. 688), filed May 8, 2026. Solomon Oliver, Jr., United States District Judge. 74 pp.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 13, 2026

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Word Reimagined platform source (the artifact itself)

word-reimagined-platform-v2, the repository this site is built from. package.json (runtime dependencies), src/content.config.ts (content collections), src/layouts/SiteLayout.astro (chambers), src/lib/content.ts (the draft gate), src/pages/rss.xml.ts (owned feed). Verified 14 July 2026.

Apollo Benz Productions / Published 2026 / Accessed Jul 14, 2026

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NEW ABANDONED COURTESY DIGITAL USER ACCOUNT REFUSE UNNECESSARY PREDICTIVE Ellora Derenoncourt Built the Line DESIGNATED SUBSTANTIAL AND EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE ACTION PLAN POSTPONED RECARVED ROBESON Without a Word for It What Was Buried, Not Broken Money's A Loan Before It's A Thing NAMING MACHINE BLIGHT REDLINE CLEARANCE DENIED