A controversial and much debated amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed in the U.S. Congress in 1923. Since that time, it has been introduced in Congress on several occasions, m...
La Raza Unida originally formed from Chicano disagreement over the Democratic Party's decisions. The group believed President Johnson's programs and policies were aimed solely to benefit African Am...
The voting rights act of 1965 prevented literary and other types of tests that were meant to prevent blacks from voting. This bill was pushed through congress by President Johnson. This was a very ...
The Equal Pay Act was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. This act prohibited gender discrimination in the payment of wages. -Alexandra Picture from: http://www.americanhistory.a...
The Greensboro Sit-ins was, four African American college, and they led a wave of civil rights demonstrations. The students were Ezell Blair, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, and David Richmond. The...
The Greenhouse Sit-ins was, four African American college, and they led a wave of civil rights demonstrations. The students were Ezell Blair, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, and David Richmond. The...
Protests broke out for the slaying of Emmett Till. The NAACP joined the riots in a huge anti-lynching ani-racial brutality protest. Emmett
Emmett was tortured, beaten, shot in the head and lynched because of the two words he said to a white women. "Bye, baby." This led to riots of anti-lynching due to the pure brutality of his murder....
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