Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In June of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looked on over his shoulder.
On this episode, we'll learn about the hardships African-Americans had to endure before getting to the Civil Rights Act. We'll briefly look at the eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow, some of the events of the 1950s and 60s that stood out during the Civil Rights movement, and what exactly the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed to African-American men and women.
Read more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
crf-usa.org/black-history-month/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act
biography.com/news/civil-rights-act-of-1866
history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx
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Hit the Streets (Version 1) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100881
Artist: incompetech.com
In June of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looked on over his shoulder.
On this episode, we'll learn about the hardships African-Americans had to endure before getting to the Civil Rights Act. We'll briefly look at the eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow, some of the events of the 1950s and 60s that stood out during the Civil Rights movement, and what exactly the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed to African-American men and women.
Read more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
crf-usa.org/black-history-month/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act
biography.com/news/civil-rights-act-of-1866
history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx
US 101 on Patreon: patreon.com/us101
US 101 on Facebook: facebook.com/us101
US 101 on Twitter: twitter.com/us101
US 101 on Instagram: instagram.com/us101
US 101 on Snapchat: @usahistory101
Hit the Streets (Version 1) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100881
Artist: incompetech.com
