Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

Tag Archives: voting rights

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

Voting Rights. Part 1

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

1965 Annual Report

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

1967 Annual Report

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

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