The plan had been to get help from friends, but a snowstorm kept everyone at home. As Emmett's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, looked at the big roll of flooring in frustration, the boy turned to her and said, "We can do it ourselves."
While initially, the civil rights
act of 1964 gave legal protection from discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex or national origin. Later amendments to the act (made in 1957 and
1960) extended the protection to disabled Americans, women in collegiate
athletics and the elderly.
The Sedition Act of 1918<span> was an Act of the </span>United States Congress<span> that extended the </span>Espionage Act of 1917<span> to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.</span>
This term is most commonly used to refer to the Soviet-American Cold War.