by familyvoices | Jan 20, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Reconstruction Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States. Under the administration of President Andrew Johnson in...
by familyvoices | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Jim Crow Era Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after a Black minstrel show character, the laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to marginalize...
by familyvoices | Jan 18, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Civil Rights Movement: Timeline & Events The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The Civil War had officially...
by familyvoices | Jan 17, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Civil Rights History Project The Civil Rights History Project (CRHP) provides faces and voices to many of the previously unknown individuals who made valuable contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. These members of The Freedom Movement were committed to...
by familyvoices | Jan 16, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement As far back as the 19th century, African American women fought for civil rights. They resisted slavery. They spoke out against racism. They established women’s clubs to improve conditions for African Americans. They...
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