Article on the 15th Amendment written by Ulysses S. Grant, 1870
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Our Contributors.: The Negro Voters Must Be Educated
News editorial on the 15th amendment, 1870
Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the recent election in South Carolina.
House and Senate Documents: Denial of elective franchise in South Carolina in election of 1876, 1876
Extension of the right of suffrage, and the admission of slavery, for a limited time, in the Indiana Territory, and the division thereof.
Extension of right of suffrage, and admission of slavery, for limited time, in Indiana territory, and division thereof; petition of inhabitants, 1806
Kansas affairs.
Kansas investigation, 1856
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1844
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1863
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Congressional Hearings: 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
Voting Rights
Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 10018 and related bills, to authorize the courts to appoint U.S. voting referees to decide cases of alleged voting rights infringement., 1960
To Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.
Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965
Voting Rights Act Extension
House and Senate Reports: Supplement, containing minor corrections, to report on H.R. 3112, to revise and extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (For report summary, see H523-7.), 1981
Voting Rights Act Extension
House and Senate Reports: Recommends passage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, of S. 1992, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Includes the following provisions to:, 1982
Voting Rights Act Extension
House and Senate Reports: Recommends passage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, of H.R. 3112, to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend minority protections against discriminatory voting practices; to establish new criteria for State and local exemption from Justice Dept review of voting rights compliance; and to clarify the standard of proof in voting discrimination cases., 1981
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
House and Senate Reports: Recommends passage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, of S. 557, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 and three other acts to clarify congressional intent regarding the scope and coverage of prohibitions against race, sex, handicap, and age discrimination by providing that programs and entities receiving direct or indirect Federal assistance are subject to civil rights laws on an institution-wide rather than a program-specific basis. Bill responds to Feb. 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell, holding Grove City College a recipient of Federal assistance on the basis of financial aid student enrollments, but limiting the applicability of Education Amendments of 1972 Title IX sex nondiscrimination provisions to the financial aid program. Includes minority views (p. 37-38). S. 557 is related to 98th Congress S. 2568 and 99th Congress S. 431., 1987
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
Congressional Hearing: Hearings to consider S. 557, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 and three other acts to clarify congressional intent regarding the scope and coverage of prohibitions against race, sex, handicap, and age discrimination by providing that programs and entities receiving direct or indirect Federal assistance are subject to civil rights laws on an institution-wide rather than a program-specific basis. Bill responds to Feb. 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell, holding Grove City College a recipient of Federal assistance on the basis of financial aid student enrollments, but limiting the applicability of Education Amendments of 1972 Title IX sex nondiscrimination provisions to the financial aid program., 1987
Civil Rights
Senate hearing on civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1949
Civil Rights Act of 1960.
House and Senate Reports: Civil rights act of 1960. 2 pts., 1960
To Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.
Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965
To Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.
Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965
To Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.
Unpublished Hearing from the House of Representatives on Voting Rights, 1965
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Application for Rehearing in the Case of Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court Documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1898
Supreme Court of the United States No.531: Application for Rehearing in the Case of Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court Documents on Williams v. Mississippi, 1899
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