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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Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
The Albany Movement
In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
James Meredith and Ole Miss
James Meredith was born in Mississippi on June 23, 1933. He served in the Air Force from...
