By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more conservative ones. Improvements in the African American community were reversed as states began to pass their own laws discriminating...
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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...
The Albany Movement
In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small town of 56,000 people where 40% were African American. In...
Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
