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Legislation

Civil Rights Act of 1964

  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation; it was originally proposed by President Kennedy on June 19, 1963 and was signed into law on July 2, 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson. The Civil...

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Events

Sit-In Movement

  Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...

Events

Freedom Summer

In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...

Events

Emmett Till

His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...

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