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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Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
