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 Rides
In March 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to test the Boynton v. Virginia...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
