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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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
