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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Birmingham Campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...
Selma to Montgomery March
Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
