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Dresden Germany is destroyed following firebombing attacks

Update on different regions of India and their reaction to what is happening

The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, authorized the Attorney General to institute suits to…

Photograph shows Jackie Robinson and others leading a large civil rights march in San Francisco. The sign supporting William Scranton represents the marchers objection to Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

Young black demonstrators in the image are lined up outside the theater while a group of white teenage boys make a line in front of them.

Photograph shows a procession of African Americans carrying signs for equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing, and an end to bias.

Photographer Billy Downs. Signs the demonstrators hold read "Separate is not equal" and "Segregation is not democratic."