The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enacted on April 9, 1866 by the United States Congress to protect the rights of newly freed slaves. The passage of this Act over President Johnson’s veto was the first time Congress...
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Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
Selma to Montgomery March
Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
Emmett Till
His mother insisted in displaying his son’s body in a glass topped casket so that the world could...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
