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50 years later: Benicia reflects on Civil Rights Act

April 17, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman Leave a Comment

The nation had tried to address civil rights as far back as 1875, and and at its founding a century earlier leaders had pondered what to do about slavery. But most now think of the Civil Rights Era as the 1960s, beginning in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy called for a bill that would […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 1964, Benicia, Civil Rights Act, Martin Luther King, President Johnson

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