What is the name of state and local laws that continued to be enforced until 1965 and whose effects are featured in the book "Leon's Story" by Leon Walter Tillage?
Leon Walter Tillage Leon Walter Tillage (January 19, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an African American whose autobiographical children's book "Leon's Story" (1997) features the effects of Jim Crow laws on the lives of African Americans during the 1930s and 1940s – and of the later Civil Rights Movement.
Sikes Act The Sikes Act (16 USC 670a-670o, 74 Stat. 1052), was enacted into United States law on September 15, 1960. It provides for cooperation by the Department of the Interior and Department of Defense with State agencies in planning, development and maintenance of fish and wildlife resources on military reservations throughout the United States.