The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957 and was originally proposed by Attorney General Hebert Brownell. This Act was the first legislative civil rights...
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Events and Dates
Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...
Plessy v. Ferguson
By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...
Jim Crow Laws
What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow was a set of laws sponsored by Southern States that required the...
