Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Title
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Subject
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Description
Attorney General authored the act to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate incidents in which citizens were deprived of their right to vote. However the act allowed states to continue literary tests and other prerequisites. It also did not address the desegregation of public schools. The act was so weak that Congress later passed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
Source
Eisenhower.archives.gov
Publisher
Eisenhower archives
Date
1957
Files
Citation
“Civil Rights Act of 1957,” The Crisis at Mansfield, accessed March 28, 2024, https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/170.