There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil RightsRandom House, 2000 - 193 Seiten Historian, scholar, and award-winning author Milton Meltzer outlines the struggle of African Americans for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," starting with the landing of the first slave ships on colonial shores. How did over 300 years of slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow laws come to an end in the civil rights movement of the 1960s? What was achieved, and what are the problems still facing us today? |
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... served . The new constitutional amendments entitled blacks to equal treatment before the law . But it soon became clear that few white Southerners paid any attention . To make sure blacks stayed in their place , many communities set ...
... served . The new constitutional amendments entitled blacks to equal treatment before the law . But it soon became clear that few white Southerners paid any attention . To make sure blacks stayed in their place , many communities set ...
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... served . Soon man- agement began serving all alike . James Farmer , one of CORE's founders , traveled the country to spread the word , and CORE groups formed in other cities . In 1943 , sixty - five members sat in at Ston- ers , an ...
... served . Soon man- agement began serving all alike . James Farmer , one of CORE's founders , traveled the country to spread the word , and CORE groups formed in other cities . In 1943 , sixty - five members sat in at Ston- ers , an ...
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... separate but equal " law . 1953. Any " respectable , well - behaved person " has a right to be served in any public place in Washington , D.C. 9 Central High in Little Rock WHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 65 THE COURT'S BROWN DECISION.
... separate but equal " law . 1953. Any " respectable , well - behaved person " has a right to be served in any public place in Washington , D.C. 9 Central High in Little Rock WHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 65 THE COURT'S BROWN DECISION.
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We Dont Serve Negroes | 1 |
They Came in Chains | 2 |
All Men Are Created Equal | 3 |
Urheberrecht | |
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