History

7 pages times new roman 12 in Turabian format with footnotes

Looking at the Civil Rights era, it was some specific legislation passed as well as Supreme Court rulings which was a direct response to African Americans and other Americans pushing for equality for everybody.  For your essay assignment discuss the 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education; the 1957 Civil Rights Act; the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.  While discussing them write about if those measures were effective for advancing equality for everyone? Also for part of your essay assignment looking at the administrations of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, which of those three was the most effective and least effective when it came to advancing Civil Rights during their presidency?