Civil+Rights

Civil Rights

The post-war era marked a period of unprecedented energy against the second class citizenship accorded to African Americans in many parts of the nation. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination. Success crowned these efforts: the Brown decision in 1954, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act in 1965 helped bring the demise of the entangling web of legislation that bound blacks to second class citizenship. Few other institutions can present the African American mosiac of life and culture as completly as the Library of Congress. Although the quest may not be fully realized, the librarys collections document the relentless and significant process of pursuing full equality.

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