civil rights

Title: civil rights
Category: History | Words: 1495 | Pages: 6.4 (approximately 235 words/page)

civil rights

Although the Civil War brought about the freedom of slaves in the 1860s, blacks were not entirely free until the 1960s. Following the abolition of slavery, blacks found themselves still under racial oppression. The majority of the racial problems occurred in the South. In many areas of the South, laws blocked their right to vote, move freely in society, and own property. In addition, lynching and killing of blacks occurred regularly with no punishment for …showed first 75 words of 1495 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1495 total…highlight African-American unemployment and to urge congress to pass Kennedy’s bill. On August 28, 1963, over 200,000 Americans, including many whites, gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the capital, where the rally was brought to a thrill with King’s famous “I have a dream” speech. The movement won a major victory in 1964, when Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial discrimination in public places and called for equal opportunity in employment and education.

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