1. Civil Rights Legislation
The laws of America did not have to be changed in order for blacks to receive equal rights, but they did have to be clarified and enforced. ... Blacks and whites also protested segregation on public buses by going on "freedom rides," where Blacks and whites would ride interstate buses together in protest over segregationist policies of many of the bus line operators As blacks continued to protest their lack of equal rights, they received very little support from the federal government. Blacks were routinely beaten, jailed, and killed in the south for attempting to gain equal rights. Black...
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