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Civil Rights Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Marshall was a steadfast liberal during his tenure on the Court, championing the rights of the individual, 1st-Amendment freedoms, and affirmative action. ... Civil Rights Act of 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower Little Rock Freedom riders Strom Thurmond At the 1948 Democratic convention he led a faction of Southern delegates opposed to the partys civil-rights policy; the so-called Dixiecrats nominated Thurmond as their presidential candidate, and he won 39 electoral votes. ... Highly conservative, he advocated states rights, opposed civil-rights legislation, and supported increases in military spending. Dixiecrats or States Rights Democrats; Member of a right-wing Democratic faction group in the 1948 election. Organized by Southerners who objected to the Democrats civil-rights program, the Dixiecrats met in Birmingham, Ala. ... It played a major role in the historic March on Washington in 1963 and in the campaigns to urge passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. ... He spoke with bitter eloquence against white exploitation of blacks and derided the civil rights movement and integration, calling instead for black separatism, black pride, and the use of violence for self-protection. ... Civil Rights act of 1964 Comprehensive U. ... law on civil rights since Reconstruction. It guarantees equal voting rights; prohibits segregation or discrimination in places of public accommodation; bans discrimination, including sex-based discrimination, by trade unions, schools, or employers that are involved in interstate commerce or do business with the federal government (Title VII); calls for the desegregation of public schools (Title IV); and assures nondiscrimination in the distribution of funds under federally assisted programs (Title VI). |
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