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major civil rights measures
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Truman's excutive orders
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. -
civil rights acts of 1957
primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction. -
JFK'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1962
Kennedy’s Executive Order #11063 tried to correct the black housing problem in 1962 by banning racial discrimination in housing. -
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. -
cival rights act of 1960
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. -
civil rights act of 1964
a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. -
voting rights act of 1965
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.[2]
