On August 6, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. This law was needed because federal anti-discrimination law enacted in previous acts was not strong enough to prevail over the resistance of southern...
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Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
