<strong>The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act:</strong> Landmark legislation that ended legalized segregation and had impact far beyond race.
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act: Landmark legislation that ended legalized segregation and had impact far beyond race.
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<strong>The 1965 Voting Rights Act:</strong> After its passage, African-Americans flocked to the polls and reshaped the political environment.
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The 1965 Voting Rights Act: After its passage, African-Americans flocked to the polls and reshaped the political environment.
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<strong>The inner city riots of the 1960s and the rise of the Black Power Movement</strong>: Spurred white flight and helped to shift black ideology, hastening growing impatience with pace of progress.
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The inner city riots of the 1960s and the rise of the Black Power Movement: Spurred white flight and helped to shift black ideology, hastening growing impatience with pace of progress.
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<strong>The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.:</strong> The murder removed a master strategist, a strong moral voice and someone who appealed to blacks and many whites, all during the advent of black militancy
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The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.: The murder removed a master strategist, a strong moral voice and someone who appealed to blacks and many whites, all during the advent of black militancy
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<strong>The Arab oil boycott and the rise of OPEC: </strong>These ended a period of prosperity in which whites felt happy and economically safe enough for many to support some efforts aimed at helping blacks.
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The Arab oil boycott and the rise of OPEC: These ended a period of prosperity in which whites felt happy and economically safe enough for many to support some efforts aimed at helping blacks.
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<strong>The Milliken decision:</strong> Supreme Court struck down a busing plan and effectively brought most cross-district school integration to a halt.
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The Milliken decision: Supreme Court struck down a busing plan and effectively brought most cross-district school integration to a halt.
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<strong>The crack epidemic and the war on drugs:</strong> Young black men were killed at soaring rates as gangs fought to control drug trade; black families crumbled as parents abandoned their children.
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The crack epidemic and the war on drugs: Young black men were killed at soaring rates as gangs fought to control drug trade; black families crumbled as parents abandoned their children.
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<strong>The OJ trial:</strong> Racial Rashomon effect -- blacks and whites looked at the same phenomena and came to diametrically opposed conclusions about the evidence, the police, the verdict and whether justice was served.
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The OJ trial: Racial Rashomon effect -- blacks and whites looked at the same phenomena and came to diametrically opposed conclusions about the evidence, the police, the verdict and whether justice was served.
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<strong>The immigration wave:</strong> The influx of immigrants from Asia and Latin America has created a new landscape, and may mean whites may be in the minority by the middle of the century
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The immigration wave: The influx of immigrants from Asia and Latin America has created a new landscape, and may mean whites may be in the minority by the middle of the century
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<strong>The election of Barack Obama:</strong> Showed the progress blacks have made, but race is still a factor even if some say the election means the United States no longer needs anti-discrimination measures.
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The election of Barack Obama: Showed the progress blacks have made, but race is still a factor even if some say the election means the United States no longer needs anti-discrimination measures.
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