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

    The 1957 Civil Rights Bill aimed to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote.

  • 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.

  • 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 Admenment, 1964

    The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) 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.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 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 ("public accommodations").

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.