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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Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
