The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 6, 1960. This act did not introduce a new law but was aimed at strengthening and covering loopholes in the . It established: Federal...
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Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
The Albany Movement
In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
