The Civil Rights Act of 1960 (Pub. L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local...
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conduct of individuals Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the Civil Rights Commission Civil Rights Act of 1960, establishing federal inspection of local...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws...
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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Civil Rights Act of 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, reenacted...
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Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States...
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allowed to end of slavery with the Civil Rights Act of 1866, followed by women's suffrage, among other rights, The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enacted...
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Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and...
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Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during...
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timeline of the civil rights movement in the United States, a nonviolent mid-20th century freedom movement to gain legal equality and the enforcement of constitutional...
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Ballot access Civil Rights Act of 1960 Felony disenfranchisement in the United States List of suffragists and suffragettes Lodge Bill Timeline of women's suffrage...
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Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s.[citation needed] In many situations...
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The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain...
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National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement...
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passage of several significant pieces of federal legislation that authorized oversight and enforcement of civil rights laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964...
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Clarence Mitchell Jr. (category Mitchell family of Maryland)
passage of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the...
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Voting in Guam (category Politics of Guam)
modified by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2005). U.S. Department of Justice; Civil Rights Division; Voting Section. December 31, 1987. Archived...
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Civil Rights Movement. 1960 – Author Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird 1960 – Civil Rights Act of 1960, establishing federal inspection of local...
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Montgomery marches; and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Fair Housing Act of 1968, marked significant milestones...
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The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts...
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Howard Baker Sr. (category University of Tennessee College of Law alumni)
Board of Education, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but did not vote on the Civil Rights...
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of" the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act...
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proposed legislation that would later become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Expressing civil rights as a moral issue, Kennedy moved past his previous...
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Alton Lennon (category Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina)
"HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. -- House Vote #42 -- Jun 18, 1957". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 2024-01-12. "HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL...
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William M. Colmer (category Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi)
against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968 as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Colmer...
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Berlin Declaration (1945) (category Allied occupation of Germany)
capitulation of German armed forces, the German signatories being representatives of the German High Command. Consequently, full civil provisions for...
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enforces the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968 the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended through 2006 the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 the...
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Homer E. Capehart (redirect from Senator Homer E. Capehart of Indiana)
in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, but did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Capehart was also an advocate of clean air...
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