Category Archives: Civil Rights Act of 1957

Law Text: An Act To provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, 1957

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of hearings on civil rights legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate violations of civil rights; to create a civil rights division within the Justice Dept; to enact new legislation to aid in voting rights enforcement; and to permit Federal Government to seek civil courts’ preventive relief in civil rights cases., 1957

Congressional Hearing: Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on Civil Rights, 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, transmittal to Cabinet members of the Attorney General’s letter to the vice President (as President of the Senate), which the President approved, as well as a copy of the Attorney General’s statement to the House Judiciary Committee on the administration’s civil rights program, 1956

Civil Rights Act of 1957, text of a report noting Executive Branch cooperation with the Civil Rights Commission, essentially updating the commission’s request for assistance from federal departments in fulfilling its mission (see Document 93)., 1959

Civil Rights Act of 1957, statement of the Attorney General on the proposed civil rights legislation, covering the administration’s four-point program: creation of a bipartisan civil rights commission, creation of a civil rights division within the Justice Department, enactment of new laws to aid in the enforcement of voting rights, and amendment of existing laws to permit the federal government to seek preventive relief from civil courts in civil rights cases (compare Document 10)., 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, report on the administration and civil rights legislation, including the administration’s fourpoint program (see Document 19)., 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, report on black appraisal of the President and his commitment to civil rights, 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, visual aids on race and civil rights prepared by the FBI for the director’s Cabinet meeting report, 1956

Civil Rights Act of 1957, report from the assistant director for legislative reference on the enactment of H.R. 6127, the Civil Rights Act of 1957., 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, text of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Public Law 85-315), in five parts: (1) to establish the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) to provide for an additional assistant Attorney General, (3) to strengthen the civil rights statutes and for other purposes, (4) to provide means of further securing and protecting the right to vote, and (5) to provide trial by jury for proceedings to punish criminal contempts of court growing out of civil rights cases and to amend the judicial code relating to federal jury qualifications, 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, expression of delight upon receiving Harris Wofford’s memorandum on the Civil Rights Commission (also included), which Benedict had shared with Rabb, 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1957, transmittal of notes, as requested, on administration civil rights policy from the assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, 1958

Civil Rights Act of 1957, transmittal of a letter to the President from Jackie Robinson, responding to the President’s appeal for patience during his meeting with black leaders, 1958

Civil Rights Act of 1957, summary of the President’s meeting with four black leaders (see Document 87), at which spokesman Randolph commended the President “strongly for the many efforts he has made to advance the political and economic status of the American Negro”, 1958

Civil Rights Act of 1957, publication of the Civil Rights Commission, listing commission members and including information about what it is, how it operates, what it must do, what it can do, what the individual can do, and how people can contact the commission for further information, 1958