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The law of Civil Rights.
Pubic law begun and held at the City of Washington. -
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. -
Robert F. Kennedy.
Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964. He made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement . -
Students march through Times Square, New York
Some 400-1,000 students march through Times Square, New York and another 700 in San Francisco, in the first major student demonstration against the Vietnam War. Smaller marches also occur in Boston, Seattle, and Madison, Wisconsin. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation. -
The murder of 3 civilian-rights workers.
The bodies of three civil-rights workers%u2014two white, one black%u2014are found in an earthen dam, six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson. James E. Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 21; and Michael Schwerner, 24, had been working to register black voters in Mississippi, and, on June 21, had gone to investigate the burning of a black church. They were arrested by the police on speeding charges, incarcerated for several hours, and then released after dark into the hands of the Ku Klu -
Martin Luther King
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means
