On Friday (3/22/13) we talked about The Civil Rights Act of
1964 which was basically the same as The Civil Rights Act of 1875. The Civil
Rights Act of 1875 was declared unconstitutional but The Civil Rights act of
1964 was more enforced and wasn’t taken away. We also talked about The Voting
Rights Act. In March of 1965 in Selma, Alabama protesters marched across the Edmund
Pettus Bridge asking for voting rights, they were assaulted by whites and law
enforcement officials. Today in class
(3/25/13) we talked about The Black Panthers who were a group of African Americans
fighting for causes. They wanted things like descent housing, free health care
and education.
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