The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was enacted as law on March 1st 1875 by President Ulysses Grant. It was introduced by Massachusetts senator Charles Summer in 1870. The Act declared: All persons regardless of color, race or...
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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...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
The Albany Movement
In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
