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3 Cards in this Set
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White Backlash |
- assassination of Medger Evers - The KKK 16th street Baptist church bombing: 4 young black girls were killed. |
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Federal action |
-Birmingham + University of Alabama convinced Kennedy action was needed. To draft a civil rights bill - President Kennedy was assassinated before he could sign the Act into Law. |
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Limited desegregation |
-Desegregation in Birmingham took place slowly after the demonstrations - negotiations including hiring of blacks in local businesses in 90 days. Only 1 was hired. - by July most segregation laws overturned |
