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1965 (Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement)

Pocket
Engelsk
Exploring Civil Rights
1965 (Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement)
1965 (Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement)
  • Forfatter: Jay Leslie
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 96
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Exploring Civil Rights
  • EAN: 9781338769845
  • Utgivelsesår: 2022
  • Bidragsyter: Leslie, Jay
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Key events of the Civil Rights Movement will be brought to life in this exciting and informative new series.

The civil rights movement in 1965 was fraught with assassination, brutal attacks, and an attempt to deny Black Americans the right to vote. In February, Malcolm X, a Black religious leader and human rights activist, was slain. Bloody Sunday followed in March when 600 civil rights protesters attempted to walk from Selma to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, to oppose the suppression of the Black vote. As a result, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was ultimately signed into law in August. The civil rights movement succeeded in getting legislation passed, but the fight against racism, discrimination, and hatred was far from over.

The years from 1955 to 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement¿from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Voting Rights Act. The contributions of key activists, including Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis,