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The Civil Rights Movement achieved a great deal in the 1950s and 1960s
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"The Civil Rights Movement achieved a great deal in the 1950s and 1960s." Between 1950 and 1970 the Civil Right Movement began to improve at least for the blacks. The first sign of this was in 1950 when the Supreme Court ruled that a public institution of higher learning could not provide different treatments to a student solely because of their race. This meant that schools were becoming desegregated. This is shown is Source A a table showing the number of black students attending schools within eleven southern states. Between the years of 1956-7 the numbers were very low and only added up to 3440 and then by 1961 they more than doubled to 6903, this shows that the desegregation worked with great effect. This source contains sufficient evidence to prove an interpretation. The source was produced by Britain therefore they may have had a motive to make America look...
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