The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom Civil Rights Era (1950–1963)

The day they changed their mind. New York: NAACP, March 1960. Booklet NAACP record, the Congressional Department of the Library of Congress provided by the National Coloring People Improvement Association (107.00.00)

In the decision of the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education of the Supreme Court in 1954, the legal strategy of NAACP to separate education peaked. African Americans have obtained a formal (if not practical) right to study with their primary and secondary Caucasian counterparts. This decision led to stubborn and violent resistance in southern countries adopting various strategies to circumvent the law.

In the summer of 1955, the surge in anti - black violence included kidnappings of 14 - year - old Ermitaire and cruel murder. This caused an extensive and confident protest by black Americans and Caucasians. By December 1955, the Montgomery Bus in Alabama, led by Martin Luther King (Jr.), boycotted a continuous non-violent civil disobedience campaign to protest the country. Apartheid which has attracted international attention

In 1956, the southern Senators and Congress members signed the "Southern Declaration" and pledged to boycott racial integration through all "legal instruments". During the crisis of the integration of Little Rock Central High School, the resistance warmed up between 1957 and 1995. At the same time, the Civil Rights Leadership Council succeeded in adopting the civil rights law in 1957 and continued the enactment of a more powerful law. In 1960, the branch of the National People Promotion Association of Colored People sat in a white luncheon counter and held a campaign against the isolation of public places in the south. At the beginning of the free ride in 1961, non-violent direct action between President John F. Kennedy increased.

Hundreds of demonstrations were held in towns nationwide. Use of fire hose and attack against child protesters Reports from domestic and foreign media about dogs caused a crisis for the Kennedy regime that can not be ignored. On May 11, 1963, an explosion and riot in Birmingham, Alabama forced Kennedy to call a federal army.

On June 19, 1963, the president submitted a comprehensive civil rights bill to Congress. On August 28, Washington 's employment and freedom in March triggered the public' s support for the pending legislation. After the president was assassinated on 22 November, the fate of Kennedy law was in the hands of his vice president and successor, Linden Johnson, and the US Congress.

1964 Civil Rights Act: Long-term freedom: The exhibition at this Congressional library discussed the events that affected the civil rights movement and the widespread impact of that change on social change. Contemporary interview with civil rights leaders and activists in the civil rights era The development of radicalism and student radicalism began in the early 1960s and peaked in 1968. The political movement caused protests from the East Coast to the West Coast College on issues such as the Vietnam War, freedom of speech, the environment, racial discrimination. Including students from democratic society and student groups such as the Berkeley free speech movement, New Left united for "a common struggle with the world liberation movement".

From the 1950s to the 1960s civil rights movement, African Americans began to make progress in terms of legal, social and political equality. The 1964 civil rights bill signed by President Johnson was continually promoted by leaders such as Martin Luther King and National Association for Color Improvement (NAACP). Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and many others. Regarding the ethnic rights of minorities, especially immigrants, it is still a problem and discussion on the appropriate role of the government and the threat of terrorism, ethnic diversity, religion, cultural attitudes towards gender identity is rising. The fables of the crane are also resonating today.