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Reflecting on the Civil Rights Act’s Anniversary with James Baldwin

Reflecting on the Civil Rights Act’s Anniversary with James Baldwin

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Jul 01, 2019
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Reflecting on the Civil Rights Act’s Anniversary with James Baldwin
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July marks the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and sex, and helped to dismantle de jure segregation. History books often simplify the passage of this bill into a discernible moment of completion during the Civil Rights Movement. However, the ensuing decades …

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