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Major Civil Rights Measures
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Truman's Executive Orders, 1948
President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction.After it was proposed to Congress by then-President Dwight Eisenhower, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, an argent segregationist sustained the longest one-person filibuster in history in an attempt to keep it from becoming law. -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
It 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. -
JFK's Executive Orders
Executive Order 10988 was issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and recognizes the rights of federal employees to bargain with management. -
Twenty-fourth Amendnent
It abolishes poll tax, which was used as a means of preventing african americans from voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools. It was 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
It is a piece of legislastion in the U.S. that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.
