This Day in Civil Rights History
by Horace Randall Williams and Ben Beard
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This Day in Civil Rights History, by renowned civil-rights activist Randall Williams, is a day-by-day survey of the people, places, and events that impacted the civil rights movement and shaped the future of the United States. Flip to any date and you'll find fascinating, informative facts and anecdotes: February 1, 1960 -- Four African-American college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, entered the local Woolworth's department store, sat down at the lunch counter, and demanded to be show more served. This courageous act launched the student sit-in movement throughout the region. March 2, 1955 -- Nine months before the historic arrest of Rosa Parks, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for violating the segregation laws on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. September 30, 1962 -- James Meredith became the first African-American student allowed to enroll at the University of Mississippi. November 4, 1960 -- The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Gomillion v. Lightfoot, establishing an important precedent in the voting rights of African-American citizens. show lessMembers
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- 973.0496073 — History & geography History of North America United States United States Ethnic And National Groups Other Groups African Americans African Americans
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- E185.61 .W7375 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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