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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 7: Threats and Intimidation
In southern states after the Civil War, African Americans were systematically denied basic civil rights. Vigilante groups engaged in campaigns of terror against African Americans.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 8: A Reign of Terror
When Union troops left the South, a reign of terror began. And Congress could not stop it.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 9: Moral/political Motivations
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 10: The Fourteenth Amendment
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans. This led to the Fourteenth Amendment.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 11: Due Process
The due process and equal protection clauses are considered by many scholars to be the most important clauses in the Constitution. Find out why on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 13: The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was intended to protect the rights of African Americans to vote. It worked, for a while.
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60 Second Civics: Petition of Right Part 3
On today's episode, we discuss the characteristics of the Petition of Right of 1628.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 14: Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests
Southern states after the Civil War devised many methods for preventing African Americans from voting.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt.15: Federal Bill of Rights
The Supreme Court had an opportunity in 1873 to extend the protections of the federal Bill of Rights to the states. It decided not to.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 16: End of Reconstruction Era
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was held to be unconstitutional and President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed a former Confederate to his cabinet. Clearly, the Reconstruction era was over.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 17: Self Reliance
Rutherford B. Hayes refused to enforce the Civil War Amendments. This led to the birth of the civil rights movement.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 1: Introduction
In this episode, we introduce our series on civil rights in the United States.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 2: De Jure Segregation
On today's podcast, we define de jure segregation. This is a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired on November 4, 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 3: De Facto Segregation
Today we define de facto segregation. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in November, 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 4: Desegregation and the Supreme Court
Today we discuss the two Brown v. Board of Education decisions. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 5: Discrimination's Lasting Impact
Today we learn why the Brown v. Board of Education decisions were not universally popular. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 6: Segregation in the 1950s
On today's episode we examine segregation in the 1950s. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 7: State Resistance to Desegregation
Today we discuss backlash against desegregation in the South. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 8: Resisting Jim Crow
On today's episode, we discuss Jim Crow laws and the ways African Americans organized to resist them.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 9: Nonviolent Direct Action
On today's podcast we learn about the NAACP and other civil rights organizations and examine nonviolent direct action. This podcast originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 10: Preparation and Education
Today we examine the importance of preparation and education in the civil rights movement. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 11: Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
On today's podcast, we discuss Rosa Parks, the NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery bus boycott. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 12: Violence in Birmingham
On today's episode, we examine the civil rights protests of 1963. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 13: The March on Washington
During today's episode, we discuss the August 1963 March on Washington. This episode originally aired in November 2011.