Black Codes were laws passed in the United States in order to limit freedoms, such as voting and literacy, of African-Americans. Black Codes were largely enacted in southern states, however […]
Blockbusting
Blockbusting was a common real estate tactic used to convince white housing owners to sell their property cheaply by using their fear of African-Americans moving into their neighborhood and thereby […]
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: When Terror Struck a House of Worship What Happened in Birmingham? On the morning of September 15, 1963, a bomb planted by white supremacists exploded […]
Anti-Miscegenation Laws
Anti-Miscegenation Laws: When Interracial Love Was Illegal What Were Anti-Miscegenation Laws? Anti-miscegenation laws were laws that made interracial marriage illegal in the United States. These laws criminalized relationships between people […]