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The 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education marks a watershed moment for the Civil Rights Movement. For many, it destroyed the legal basis for Jim Crow. This week, your task is to consider the Supreme Court decision's real impact on the lives of African Americans by the following decade. What social, political, and/or economic changes occurred by 1960s directly as a result of Civil Rights legislation? What remained the same? According to Civil Rights activists, what were the obstacles for the movement? What were the solutions?