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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Document Number: PL 88-352
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31
1968
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee names new Principal Coordinator
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When Non-Black Minorities Adopt Black Style, Is It Still Appropriation? | The Oklahoma Eagle
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Civil Rights Timeline
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation. The decision overturns the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that sanctioned
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Mark Zuckerberg disappoints once again - TechCentral
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Thelma McWilliams Glass: Helped Organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Thelma McWilliams Glass was a professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. She and a group of women organized the boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. The boycott crippled the bus service and helped
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes (1937- )
Eleanor Holmes Norton was born on June 13, 1937 in Washington, D.C. to parents Coleman and Vela Holmes.  Both her parents were government employees.  Growing up in a well educated and politically conscious household caused Eleanor Holmes to be very aware of the surrounding struggles for African
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Source: Black Past
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13
1937
Harris, Patricia Roberts (1924-1985)
Patricia Roberts Harris was born on May 31, 1924 in Mattoon, Illinois. She excelled academically and received a scholarship to Howard University. During her time at Howard, Roberts was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1945. While she was in college Roberts participated in
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23
1985
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Mathews, Meredith (1919-1992)
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Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
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Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation since 1875. The bill established a civil rights commission and a civil rights division in the Justice Department. It also gave the Justice Department authority to seek injunctions against voting rights
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29
1957
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Fourteenth Amendment
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Slaughterhouse cases began process of diluting the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court said the Fourteenth Amendment protected federal civil rights, not Civil rights heretofore belonging exclusively to the states.
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14
1873
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Clyburn, James Enos (1940– )
James Enos Clyburn was born in Sumter, South Carolina on July 21, 1940 to parents Enos and Almeta Clyburn.  James Clyburn’s father was a minister and his mother was a cosmetologist.  In 1957 James Clyburn graduated from Mather Academy located in Camden, South Carolina.  Four years later he
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Source: Black Past
Jul
21
1940
We Say Their Names... But Do We Really Exercise Power!? - The Atlanta Inquirer
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Asian American community marches from Chinatown to Bridgeport in support of Black lives | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Cate Cauguiran, ABC 7 News A march between Chicagos Chinatown and Bridgeport neighborhoods Sunday symbolized a commitment to building a bridge between Asian American and Black communities, starting with their shared faith. In a strong display of solidarity and faith, hundreds marched between the
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Fact Check: Yes, Historians Do Teach That First Black Members of Congress Were Republicans - Free Press of Jacksonville
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Texans urge state education board to expand sex education policy, include LGBTQ
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Statement on Mayor Garcetti’s Announcements During Ongoing Protests - Los Angeles Sentinel
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The Texas Western Miners (1966)
The 1966 championship game for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament came down to a test between a small southwestern institution, El Paso’s Texas Western College Miners, and an accomplished four-time NCAA tournament winner, the University of Kentucky
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Clarence Thomas
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Owens, Major Robert (1936- )
Former New York Congressman Major Robert Owens was born on June 28, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee.  He graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis in 1952 at the age of 16.  Owens received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1956, and an M.S. in Library Science from Atlanta
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28
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