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Civil Rights. [Part 1]

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

89 H.R. 4952 (Introduced in House)

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

Title VI.

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

Document 72 September 9, 1957 Public Law Records as President, White House Central Files: Official

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

Document 103 February 27, 1959 Report Gerald D. Morgan Records

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 — 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

Folder January 5, 1961-August 30, 1963. 104pp.

From the Presidential Library of John F Kennedy: March on Washington, Policy regarding Administrative Leave during Demonstrations, Congressional Relations, Housing and Voluntary Desegregation of Commercial Establishments The White House Central Files, January 5, 1961-August 30, 1963, 1961-1963

Box 434(22)–Civil Rights 1963 [WDT Box 434(22)] (Folder #1) 1963

From the Presidential Library of Lyndon Baines Johnson: Legislative Jurisdiction, Civil Rights Bill, Proposed March on Washington, Negro Demonstrations, Negro Employment, Willard Wirtz Memo on Education and Training, Equal Accommodations Bill, S. 1732, Negro Situation, Attitudes, Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Ramsey Clark’s Proposals of a Community Relations Service and Racial Arbitration, Equal Education Opportunity Act, Civil Rights Act of 1963, Abe Fortas Comments on the Civil Rights Act and Civil Rights 1963, Selected Civil Rights Files–George Reedy, 1963, 1963

Document 19 February 14, 1957 Testimony From: [Herbert Brownell Jr.] E. Frederic Morrow

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

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

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