civil rights

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
07/26/1948	Truman’s Executive Orders, 1948	Executive Order 9981 is an executive order issued on July 26, 1948 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. It expanded on Executive Order 8802 by establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races, religions, or national origins.
09/09/1957	civil rights act of 1957	primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction. The bill passed the House with a vote of 270 to 97 and the Senate 60 to 15. President Eisenhower signed it on 9 September 1957.
05/06/1960	The Civil Rights Act of 1960	The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote or actually vote
01/17/1962	JFK’s Executive Orders, 1962	Executive Order 10988 was issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and recognizes the rights of federal employees to bargain with management. It established a broad government-wide labor relations policy for the first time. With respect to official time for union representatives, it required that, whenever practicable, union representatives be on official time when consulting or otherwise meeting with management representatives
01/23/1964	Twenty-fourth Amendment, 1964	prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964
07/02/1964	• Civil Rights Act of 1964	was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public
08/06/1965	Voting Rights Act of 1965	is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1948 to 12/31/1965	civil rights