The following are documents which have contributed to the shaping of African American history. These documents are a starting point for additional research and discussions that help further our understanding of the history of people of African ancestry in the United States.
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, PART I. ESTABLISHMENT OF … Read More(1957) Civil Rights Act of 1957
CHAPTER 176 An Act CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND TO REPEAL ARTICLE 19, CHAPTER 81, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES 1953, AS AMENDED. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1.-Short Title-This Act may be known and may be cited as … Read More(1957) Colorado Fair Employment Practices Act
Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957 CHAPTER 37. H. B. 25. 7 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. AN ACT relating to civil rights, amending section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1949 and ROW 49.60.010; amending section 12, chapter 183, Laws of 1949 and … Read More(1957) Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957
Argued January 15-16, 1958. Decided June 30, 1958. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. We review from the standpoint of its validity under the Federal Constitution a judgment of civil contempt entered against petitioner, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored … Read More(1958) NAACP v. Alabama Ex Rel Patterson
CHAPTER 121 An act to add Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 1410) to Division 2 of, and to amend Section 56 of, the Labor Code, relating to prevention and elimination of practices of discrimination in employment and otherwise against persons because of race, religious creed, … Read More(1959) California Fair Employment Practices Act
AN ACT To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the “Civil Rights Act of 1960”. TITLE I OBSTRUCTION … Read More(1960) Civil Rights Act of 1960
Gomillion v. Lightfoot, Mayor Of Tuskegee Supreme Court of The United States No. 32 October 18-19, 1960, Argued November 14, 1960, Decided Case Summary: Procedural Posture: Plaintiff black residents petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth … Read More(1960) Gomillion v. Lightfoot, Mayor Of Tuskegee
WHEREAS discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States; and 13 CFR 1960 Supp. WHEREAS it is the plain and positive obligation of the United States Government to promote and ensure equal … Read More(1961) Executive Order 10925
CHAPTER 309 AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND INPUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE OF RACE, CREED, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN; DECLARING PUBLIC POLICY; DEFINING TERMS; MAKING VIOLATIONS A MISDEMEANOR. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. The right to be … Read More(1961) Idaho Fair Employment Practices Act
CHAPTER 248 KANSAS ACT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AN ACT prohibiting discriminatory employment practices and policies based upon race, color, religion, or country of ancestral origin; providing for a commission on civil rights, providing for the enforcement of the provisions of this act, defining certain words and … Read More(1961) Kansas Fair Employment Practices Act
