Category Archives: Civil Rights and Black Power Movements: Civil Rights Legislation

National Archives Folder: 1965 annual report of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, submitted by assistant attorney general John Doar, covering reorganization of the Civil Rights Division, and litigation under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1965

National Archives Folder: 1967 annual report of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, submitted by assistant attorney general John Doar, covering equal employment opportunity, school desegregation, voting rights, law enforcement, and public accommodations, 1967

Bill Text: To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to eliminate literacy tests as a qualification for voting in any election, to facilitate voting registration, and for other purposes., 1965

Law Text: An Act To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes, 1960

Law Text: An Act To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes, 1964

Law Text: An Act To enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and for other purposes, 1965

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

National Archives folder: Civil rights legislation, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, proposed Civil Rights Act of 1966, DOJ investigation of “reprisal” violence, Civil Rights Act of 1964, jurisdiction over civil rights criminal procedure, enforcement of school and public facilities desegregation, tax exemptions for private schools and charitable organizations, civil rights functions of federal departments and agencies, jury selection reform, and discrimination in jury selection, from the files of assistant attorney general John Doar, 1966, 1966

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 Report: Civil Rights Act of 1966, 1966

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 1963-1969

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 1963-1969

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice involvement with voting rights, 1963-1969

Considers H.R. 14765 and related bills, to amend various statutes to protect civil rights and the rights of those demonstrating for civil rights. Includes bill texts (p. 3-1048), and Supreme Court opinions in U.S. v. Price (p. 1097-1142), U.S. v. Guest (p. 1143-1169) and Swain v Alabama (p. 1260-1303)., 1966

Congressional Hearing: Considers S. 3296, the Civil Rights Act of 1966, and nine related bills, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other statutes to revise state and Federal jury selection procedures, to allow Federal jurisdiction over certain types of cases, to authorize the Justice Dept to initiate civil rights suits without prior complaint, and to prohibit racial discrimination in the sale or let of housing. Focuses on Federal jurisdiction over both state administration of justice and the regulation of sale and let of housing., 1966

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

Congressional Hearing: Considers legislation authorizing the adoption of the Senate Civil Rights Bill without further House consideration., 1964

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 7152, to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the U.S. to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in education, to establish a Community Relations Service, to extend for four years the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, and to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity., 1964

Congressional Hearings: Hearing on Public Accommodations and Civil Rights, 1963

Congressional Hearings: Hearing on Public Accommodations and Civil Rights, 1964

Congressional Publications: Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1966

Congressional Publications: Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965

Considers H.R. 8601, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize greater enforcement of voting rights, to provide for the maintenance of Federal election registration records, and to require Federal law enforcement agencies’ participation in interstate bombing investigations and in cases of obstruction of school desegregation. Focuses on a voting registration case in Terrell County, Ga., 1960

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 8601, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize greater enforcement of voting rights, to provide for the maintenance of Federal election registration records, and to require Federal law enforcement agencies’ participation in interstate bombing investigations and in cases of obstruction of school desegregation. Focuses on a voting registration case in Terrell County, Ga., 1960

House and Senate Reports: Civil rights act of 1960. 2 pts., 1960

House and Senate Documents: Supplemental appropriations to support programs authorized by Civil rights act of 1964, 1964

National Archive Records: Correspondence and memoranda relating to voting rights, 1975

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

CRS Report: Describes challenges facing black Americans in access to housing. Examines Federal measures to combat housing discrimination, including Executive Order 11063, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1966., 1966

Congressional Publications: Leading Court Decisions Pertinent to Proposed Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1965

National Archives Records on the Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Act, 1974

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Office of Civil Rights implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in all programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance, 1963-1969

Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965

Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965

Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965

Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965

National Archive Records: Voting Rights Act, 10 years after, 1975

National Archive Records: Voting Rights Act, 10 years after, 1975

House and Senate Reports: Congressional committee conference report on the Voting Rights Act, 1965

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 6400 and related bills, to enforce 15th amendment safeguards guaranteeing the right to vote to black Americans. Includes registration and voting statistics for 11 southern states (p. 129-257)., 1965

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 10018 and related bills, to authorize the courts to appoint U.S. voting referees to decide cases of alleged voting rights infringement., 1960

Congressional Hearings: Senate report on Voting Rights legislation. Includes “Is NAACP Subversive?” pamphlet by Patrick Henry Group of Virginia (p. 359-456)., 1965

Congressional Hearings: Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on Voting Rights, 1965

House and Senate Report on Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1965

House and Senate Reports: Senate Report on Voting Rights Act legislation, 1965