In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
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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...
Freedom Rides
In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...
Sit-In Movement
Many African Americans inspired by the , the unjust murder of and the courage of had been...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation; it was...
Southern Manifesto
What is the Southern Manifesto? In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...