Record from President Truman’s library: President Truman’s attempts to put the principles of racial justice into law: civil Rights Program, Message from the President of the U.S. Transmitting His Recommendations for Civil Rights Program: message to Congress outlining president’s civil rights program based on recommendations of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, 1948
Tag Archives: civil rights
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
The Civil Rights Bill.
News editorial against the Civil Rights bill, 1874
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article reporting on the passing of the 15th amendment, 1870
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article on the 15th amendment, 1870
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article on the 15th amendment, 1870
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article on the 15th amendment, 1869
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article on the 15th amendment, 1870
The Fifteenth Amendment.
News article on the 15th amendment, 1870
The Civil Rights Bill
News article on the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 1866
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 against the Civil Rights bill, 1874
The Civil Rights Bill.
News editorial in favor of 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
The Civil Rights Bill.
News editorial on 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