The Civil Rights Movement & Legislation
The legal battle against Jim Crow, culminating in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Key Questions
- 1Was litigation or grassroots activism more effective in ending de jure segregation?
- 2How did the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" change the moral narrative of the movement?
- 3Is the Voting Rights Act still necessary in its original form today?
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