... other Americans led an organized and strong movement to fight for racial equality. The movement often met with strong opposition, such as in Birmingham, Alabama, where police sprayed protestors with high pressure fire hoses. In the early 1900's W.E.B. Du Bois established the NAACP, (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) which fought to end segregation, the separation of ... enforce civil rights laws; Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in most employment and in public accommodation, enlarged federal power to protect voting rights and speed up school...

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