1. The Black Power Movement
It was created "to achieve through peaceful and lawful men's, equal citizenship rights for all American citizens eliminating segregation and discrimination in housing, employment, by voting, schools, the courts, transportation, and recreation. ... Relying heavily upon the legal process as a weapon for attaining equal rights, the NAACP achieved three major court victories in its first 15 years. ... Through Black power movement numerous rights were achieved. ... On March 1, 1875, Civil Rights Act is passed by congress. It states that no citizen can denied equal use of public facilitie...
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