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The civil rights movement and the escalating war in vietnam were the two great catalysts for social protest in the sixties. Segregation was just a part of life at the time and accepted by many white americans, mainly in the south. The civil rights movement warrants continuing and extensive examination. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our. During the 1920s, three republicans occupied the white house. Whites, angry at attempts to end segregation, again put on white hoods and joined local officials often they were. Top 10 books for black history month books the guardian. The original 1705 ban, the third such law following those of maryland and virginia, prohibited both marriage and sexual relations between people of color specifically. List of books and articles about civil rights movement. American civil rights movement, mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern united states that came to national prominence during the mid1950s.
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