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1945 to the Present
No event proved more important to the course of modern American history than World War II. The war cast America onto the world stage as a...
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The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies
From the earliest years of European settlement in North America, whites enslaved and oppressed black people. Although the Civil War finally brought about the abolition...
Glossary Term – Event
Freedom Summer
In Mississippi, civil rights advocates organized a Freedom Summer, registering African American voters and teaching literacy and black history.
Glossary Term – Organization
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was organized in 1960. Formed around the sit-in movement, the SNCC was committed to non-violence, using sit-ins as well as voter registration drives and freedom rides to agitate for civil rights.