The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation; it was originally proposed by President Kennedy on June 19, 1963 and was signed into law on July 2, 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson. The Civil...
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Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
Selma to Montgomery March
Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
Birmingham Campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...
