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3 days ago · Medgar Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss., U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Miss.) was an American black civil-rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights movement. Evers served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. Afterward he and his elder brother ...
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Myrlie Evers-Williams (born March 17, 1933, Vicksburg,...
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Afro-American was adopted by civil rights activists to...
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3 days ago · Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Date: May 17, 1954. Location: United States. Context: American civil rights movement. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Key People: Thurgood Marshall. Earl Warren. Oliver Hill. Recent News. May 18, 2024, 3:21 PM ET (AP)
- What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendmen...
- What is the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?Brown v. Board of Education is considered a milestone in American civil rights history and among the most important rulings in the history of the U...
- What was the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education?After the Brown v. Board of Education decision, there was wide opposition to desegregation, largely in the southern states. Violent protests erupte...
- When was Brown v. Board of Education decided?The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, 1954. The case had been argued before the Court on December 9, 1952, and rea...
- Who was the attorney for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education?In Brown v. Board of Education, the attorney for the plaintiffs was Thurgood Marshall. He later became, in 1967, the first African American to serv...
Mar 31, 2023 · Rather than erasing their pride in being black or expressing a desire to be like whites, African Americans gained an even greater respect for their race through participation in the Civil Rights Movement and their efforts to shatter Jim Crow.
2 days ago · As African Americans gained new access to white-dominated institutions, the freedom struggle moved inside from the streets. On college campuses, black students fought for and won the creation of Afro-American Studies programs and financial aid policies that would allow children of lower-income families to get college educations.
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19 hours ago · After the civil rights movement gains of the 1950s–1970s, due to government neglect, unfavorable social policies, high poverty rates, changes implemented in the criminal justice system and laws, and a breakdown in traditional family units, African-American communities have been suffering from extremely high incarceration rates.
3 days ago · An editorial in the Cleveland Gazette, celebrating the passing of the New York Civil Rights Law, spoke of “a class of colored people, the ‘New Negro,’ . . . who have arisen since the war, with education, refinement, and money.” In marked contrast with their enslaved or disenfranchised ancestors, these New Negroes demanded that their ...
