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60-Second Civics: Episode 4004, The Civil Rights Movement
60-Second Civics Podcast
English - June 07, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1 Byte - ★★★★ - 76 ratingsCourses Education education civics civic education service learning law history constitution constitution day government we the people Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 60-Second Civics: Episode 4003, Brown v. Board of Education
The civil rights movement began in the 1950s, seeking change to unjust laws and practices that treated African Americans unfairly and unequally. People marched in the streets, wrote letters to Congress asking for stronger laws, and held boycotts.
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