The Voting Rights Act of 1965:

By 1966, black leaders like Stokley Carmichael and Rap Brown were proponents of what they termed:

The author of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was:

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 allowed the president to impose a “cooling off period” during major strikes.

Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredith attempted to integrate:

Before becoming President, Eisenhowerwas most shaped by his experience in:

Jack Ruby was charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger.

When Alabama governor, George Wallace was ordered by federal marshals to stand aside from the doorway at the University of Alabama so that black students could enter, Wallace:

Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communists influence in 

Whitaker Chambers: