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The Civil Rights Movement - Legislation Timeline
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Truman Executive Order, 1948
President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was introduced in Eisenhower’s presidency and was the act that kick-started the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1960
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 enabled federal judges to appoint referees to hear persons claiming that state election officials had denied them the right to register and vote. -
JFK's executive order, 1962
President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order No. 11110 that returned to the U.S. government the power to issue currency, without going through the Federal Reserve. -
Twenty-fourth amendment, 1964
Constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 to outlaw the poll tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In the 1960 presidential election campaign John F. Kennedy argued for a new Civil Rights Act. After the election it was discovered that over 70 per cent of the African American vote went to Kennedy. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting, in part by increasing the federal government's authority to register voters.
