How did African American use national attention to change policy in state and local governments in the 1950's and 1960's
First of all, the Voting Rights Act was in 1965 NOT 1969. The Voting Rights Act was the law that was passed to ban racial dicrimnation in voting practices by the federal government as well as the state and local goverment.
The first thing I would say is get an African American friend and ask them anything you would like. They are African American so they would be able to tell you. You could also go to a church that is predominatly African American and you could learn more than you think. Hop on the internet or visit your local library. This is better than watching BET which absolutely does not explain anything about us African Americans other than rap videos. On your quest, please do not get it twisted. You are on a mission to find out about our culture so come with an open mind, not your own stereotypes. I don't get your question.
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Nature does not grant rights to anyone or anything. Any rights an individual may enjoy are given by local or international agreements.
Local and state laws that were passed to take away African-American rights, in the South, were referred to as Jim Crow laws. There were dozens of these laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jim Crowe.
black codes
black codes
Jim Crowe.
Jim Crowe.
At your local dead African American storage warehouse.
The Black Codes were laws passed on the state and local level mainly in the rural Southern states in the United States to restrict the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans. While some northern states also passed legislation discriminating against African Americans before the Civil War, the term Black Codes is most commonly associated with legislation passed by Southern states after the Civil War in an attempt to control the labor, movements and activities of African Americans.
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Education and public health
Education and public health
Helped write new state constitutions.