All Posts Tagged With: "Civil Rights Act of 1964"
Doc of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of some 250,000 people at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Delegations of civil rights supporters from cities across the United States joined together for this massive one-day protest. They had been summoned by the veteran [...]
28Aug2008 | mdblogger | 2 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: July 2
On July 2, 1862, the Morrill Act was passed by Congress. The act bears the name of its creator, the Vermont Republican representative Justin Smith Morrill. Passed during the Civil War, the act marked the beginning of the federal government’s involvement in public higher education. With it, Congress gave each state thirty thousand acres of [...]
2Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued