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Legislation

Civil Rights Act of 1866

  The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enacted on April 9, 1866 by the United States Congress to protect the rights of  newly freed slaves. The passage of this Act over President Johnson’s veto was the first time Congress...

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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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Sit-In Movement

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

Events

Jim Crow Laws

What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...

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