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Civil Rights Bills

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of hearings before the Subcom No. 5 to review civil rights protection and enforcement issues and related proposals, including education and employment discrimination issues, and to examine laws and actions of certain States impacting civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1958

Hearings on H.R. 4000, the Civil Rights Act of 1990, Vol. 1

Congressional Hearings: Joint hearings with the House Judiciary Committee Subcom on Civil and Constitutional Rights to consider H.R. 4000 (text, p. 2-17), the Civil Rights Act of 1990, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Includes provisions to: Require employers to bear the burden of proof that business necessity requires employment practices having a disparate impact on minorities and women; Clarify that any prejudicial motivation in employment decisions is illegal; Restrict litigation challenging court orders in job discrimination suits; Extend the statute of limitation in employment discrimination cases from 180 days to two years; Grant victims of intentional discrimination the right to recover compensatory and punitive damages; Clarify the right of employment discrimination victims to recover attorney fees; Restore the prohibition against all race discrimination in the making and enforcement of contracts. NAACP called as witness., 1990

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt9, vol2

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 9: Alabama, v. 2, 1871

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt10, vol1

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 10: Alabama, v. 3, 1871

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt11, vol1

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 11: Mississippi, v. 1, 1871

Affairs in the late insurrectionary states.

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 1: Report and minority views, 1871

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt4, vol2

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 4: South Carolina, v. 2, 1871

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt5, vol3

House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 5: South Carolina, v. 3, 1871

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Civil Rights Bills

Hearings on H.R. 4000, the Civil Rights Act of 1990, Vol. 1

The Niagara Movement

The Platform of the Niagara Movement

A Convention with a Grievance

United States v. Murray Stanley; United States v. Michael Ryan; United States v. Samuel Nichols

The Immediate Problem of the American Negro

The Social Equality of Whites and Blacks

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt9, vol2

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt10, vol1

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt11, vol1

Affairs in the late insurrectionary states.

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt4, vol2

Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt5, vol3

43 H.R. 796 (Referred to Committee Senate)

Amnesty and Civil Rights

The Senate Civil Rights Bill

The National Guaranty of Civil Rights

States Rights v. Civil Rights

Jurors and the Civil Rights Bill

Passage of the Civil Rights Bill.

Veto of the Civil Rights Bill

The Constitutional Amendment

Senator Trumbull’s Review of the Veto

The Obstructive President.