The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957 and was originally proposed by Attorney General Hebert Brownell. This Act was the first legislative civil rights...
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Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
Selma to Montgomery March
Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Freedom Rides
In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...
