Height of civil rights protest, moving beyond legal remedies to involve mass public action (1 jan 1955 ano – 31 dez 1970 ano)

Descrição:

The first civil rights law in the nation’s history, guaranteeing equality before the law, came in 1866 just after the Civil War. Its provisions were long ignored. A second law, forbidding the segregation of public spaces such as trains and hotels, was passed during Reconstruction in 1875 but struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. For nearly ninety years, southern Democrats in Congress had blocked any further civil rights legislation, save for a weak, largely symbolic act passed in 1957. But by the early 1960s, with legal precedents in their favor and nonviolent protest awakening the nation, civil rights leaders believed the time had come to pass a serious civil rights bill. The challenge was getting one through a still-reluctant Congress.

Adicionado na linha do tempo:

Data: