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During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, voting rights activists in the South were subjected to various forms of mistreatment and violence. One event that outraged many Americans occurred on March 7, 1965, when peaceful participants in a voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery were met by Alabama state troopers who attacked them with nightsticks, tear gas and whips after they refused to turn back. Some protesters were severely beaten, and others ran for their lives.

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the voting rights act is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the united states that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

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Beginning with the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865, African Americans toiled to reach equal status in the eyes of the law. WatchMojo.com explores the history of the United States' Civil Rights Movement.

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Around June 3rd 1963 Lyndon  B. Johnson said that racism was at its breaking point and had to stop. After sighing Different colored skin people had more freedom like go to there own school able to go out to eat and more.

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What was the civil rights movement and what was its timeline?

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What was the civil rights movement and what was its timeline?

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Mass popular movement to secure the Africans Americans.
Taken place in the 19th century during the 1950s and 1960s.
They followed their goals through legal means, negotiations, petitions, and nonviolent protest demonstrations.

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What is racial segregation?
“the practice of restricting people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions (e.g., schools, churches) and facilities (parks, playgrounds, restaurants, restrooms) on the basis of race or alleged race. “ Mainly a term for one or more groups of people being separated from others due to their race. During the Civil Rights movement a lot of racial segregation happened. In fact racial segregation is the reason the civil rights movement happened. The ‘Southern blacks’ wanted to abolish racial segregation. In the 1950s and 60s.