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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James Meredith and Ole Miss
James Meredith was born in Mississippi on June 23, 1933. He served in the Air Force from...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
