Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

Voting Rights

Congressional Hearing: 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

Civil Rights

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

Civil Rights

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

Voting Rights

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

Voting Rights

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

Civil Rights

News editorial against the Civil Rights bill, 1875

Civil Rights

News editorial against the Civil Rights bill, 1874

The Civil Rights Bill.

News editorial written in response and opposition to E. H. Fairchild’s article against the Civil Rights bill, 1875

Civil Rights Act of 1960

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