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Legislation

Civil Rights Act of 1875

  The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was enacted as law on March 1st 1875 by President Ulysses Grant. It was introduced by Massachusetts senator Charles Summer in 1870. The Act declared: All persons regardless of color, race or...

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Events

Birmingham Campaign

In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...

Events

Freedom Rides

  In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...

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