History A-Level
Civil Rights and Race Relations
What Civil Rights and Race Relations means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Civil Rights and Race Relations
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The impact of landmark civil rights legislation was evident but uneven for African-Americans across the North and South.
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