History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1858 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The SCLC and the Act of 1957
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The idea
In nineteen fifty-seven King and fellow ministers, with organisers such as Ella Baker and Septima Clark, created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to coordinate protest across the South, the Yawp records.
In practice
The Civil Rights Act of nineteen fifty-seven, the first since Reconstruction, creating a commission to investigate discrimination.
Where people slip
The Yawp says the Act was compromised away nearly to nothing.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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