The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 6, 1960. This act did not introduce a new law but was aimed at strengthening and covering loopholes in the . It established: Federal...
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Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
