Tennessee’s federal court removes restrictions on black voting

April 25, 1960
Tennessee’s federal court removes restrictions on black voting

In the first voting case filed under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the federal court finally ends restrictions against black voting in Fayette County, Tennessee.

April

1960

Major Events

April 19, 1960
The home of African-American lawyer and city councilman Z. Alexander Looby is bombed

April 24, 1960
A major race riot develops when black citizens visit the whites-only section of Biloxi Beach

April 25, 1960
Tennessee’s federal court removes restrictions on black voting

April 26, 1960
Reverend Theodore Roosevelt Thompson stages a one-man sit-in in Dallas

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