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I would assume the people shouting "Segregation forever" didn't take down their "Whites only" signs the day after the Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights Act were signed. How did the implementation of those laws work? How did the segregationists resist?

by /u/ArmandoAlvarezWF in /r/AskHistorians

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