1. Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Movement
... , institutionalized racism persisted in oppressing African Americans decades later. By the 1950's and 1960's, African Americans still suffered prevalent discrimination in almost every aspect of their lives (MLK Fighting for Equal Rights, 2014 Tavaana). Racial inequality was still extant in African American's ability to fully exercise their right to vote, as well as in employment, housing ... education and transport. Laws, known a Jim Crow Laws, legalized racial segregation, which submitted African-Americans to second-class citizenship, whilst enforcing white supremacy. (Jim Crow Laws, 201...
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