On August 6, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. This law was needed because federal anti-discrimination law enacted in previous acts was not strong enough to prevail over the resistance of southern...
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in which African Americans refused to ride buses...
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...
