Fences by august wilson sparknotes5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Civil Rights Act was signed into law in 1957, making it federally illegal to suppress voter rights, but for African Americans, opportunities for advancement remained scarce. Rosa Parks’ protest and the lynching of Emmett Till occurred in 1955. Eisenhower sent federal troops to accompany them. Schools had only been legally desegregated since 1955, and in 1957, the Little Rock Nine were not allowed to integrate into a White school until President Dwight D. Fences is set in 1957, 10 years after Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball and in the midst of the civil rights movement in the United States. ![]()
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