BBC1 年
Role of government in improving civil rights in the 1960s
President Kennedy was an open supporter of civil rights. Examples of Kennedy’s actions ... differences and make our nation whole. The 1964 act sped up desegregation - ending Jim Crow laws ...
PBS1 年
Civil Rights Act of 1964
637), and as further amended by section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 90), is further amended as follows: (a) Insert "1" after "(a)" in subsection (a) and add at the end of ...
BBC2 年
The fight for civil rights in 1950s and 1960s America
Image caption, In 1960, Black students held sit-ins at ... key in the struggle for equality for Black Americans. The Civil Rights Act was passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
The Harvard Crimson7 年
The Civil Rights Act of 1963
The 1960 Act directed U.S. District Judges to appoint ... Title IX--Appeals: Of great concern to civil rights demonstrators, this section permits appeal to a higher Federal court of any ...
WCIV Charleston on MSN1 个月
1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records clear
"In 1960 they were victimized ... Justices threw out their convictions just days before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was ...
PBS6 年
Civil Rights During Reconstruction
Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of ... historians call the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the time in which finally black people are truly emancipated.
WCBD Charleston on MSN1 个月
1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
“In 1960 they were victimized ... Justices threw out their convictions just days before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was ...
The Harvard Crimson6 年
Folksinger Will Sue Policemen
Folksinger Jackie Washington plans to file a Federal suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 against the two Boston policemen he claims beat him brutally last month, the CRIMSON learned yesterday.