By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more conservative ones. Improvements in the African American community were reversed as states began to pass their own laws discriminating...
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Birmingham Campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
The Albany Movement
In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
