He continued to lead nonviolent protests and demonstrations, which resulted in several important pieces of legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance and his commitment to equality, justice, and brotherhood had a...
at the feet of Lincoln brought favorable exposure to his movement, and eventually helped secure the passage of the landmarkCivil Rights Act of 1964. The following year, after the violentSelma to Montgomery marchin Alabama, African Americans secured another victory with theVoting Rights Act of 1965...
President Lyndon B Johnson (1908 - 1973) discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968). The act, part of President Johnson's 'Great Society' program trebled the number of black voters in the south, who had previously been hindered by raci...
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Dr. King focused his next campaign in the North to tackle rental injustices and improve living conditions for black families in Chicago with a non-violent approach. “If we can break the system in Chicago, it can be broken any place in the country...
Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964,and that same year President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the following year the Voting Rights Act. 马丁路德金与1964年获得诺贝尔和平奖,同年,林登·约翰逊总统签署了《民权法案》,次年,他签署了《选举法案》。
“We must recognized that the wounds of centuries of slavery have not been fully overcome simply because there was a Civil War, or because there was Reconstruction, or when the Voting Rights Act was signed by President Johnson in the presence of Dr. King.” ...
King, who was born on Jan. 15, 1929, was killed at age 39. He helped he fueled passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Members of King's family attended the service, including his 95-year-old aunt, Christine King Farris. ...
A year later, as Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, King againjoined the president for the occasion. Article continues after bonus IC video Martin Luther King, “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam” But by the start of 1967,the two most famous men in America ...
Today, the Voting Rights Act is a shell of itself, torn apart by the Supreme Court and ignored by right-wing state legislatures. Opinion: This single day defined the decade that transformed America We followed the marchers’ lead, 60 years later, because their wor...
Conservatives say MLK's primary goal was to change hearts, not law. Here King shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson after the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Getty Images “People who gain privileges because of race or status don’t readily give up those privileges and they don’...