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Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Gilbert Paul Carrasco The Civil Rights Act of 1957 (CRA) (P.L. 85-315, 71 Stat. 634) began a new era in civil rights legislation and enforcement after more than three-quarters of a century of congressional inaction. The act initiated a greater federal role in protecting the... Read more |
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Mississippi Burning
MISSISSIPPI BURNING A Summer of Hope In June 1964 the Council of Federated Organizations, a combination of four civil rights groups and the National Conference of Churches, organized what it called the Mississippi Summer Project. The project's purpose was to send northern... Read more |
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Mal Goode
Mal Goode As a network news reporter, Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) was the first African American to hold a regular on-air job in the journalism field. He started out in radio news in Pittsburgh before he was hired by ABC television to cover the United Nations in New York City. The... Read more |
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Jesse Louis Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson 1941-, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary (1963-65) and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1968. Active in the civil-rights movement, he became a close... Read more |
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens 1812-83, American political leader, Confederate vice president (1861-65), b. Taliaferro co. (then part of Wilkes co.), Ga. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, served six terms in the Georgia legislature, and was a Whig (later a Democratic) Representative in Congress from... Read more |
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