REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS SUMMARY OF REPORT INTRODUCTION The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst came during a two-week period in July, first in … Read More(1967) National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The Kerner Report)
WARREN, C.J., Opinion of the Court SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ________________________________________ 388 U.S. 1 Loving v. Virginia APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA ________________________________________ No. 395 Argued: April 10, 1967 — Decided: June 12, 1967 ________________________________________ MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN … Read More(1967) Loving v. Virginia
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as follows: PART I—-NONDISCRIMINATION IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT Section 101. It is the policy of … Read More(1965) Executive Order 11246
The Negro Family: The Case For National Action Office of Policy Planning and Research United States Department of Labor March 1965 ________________________________________ Two hundred years ago, in 1765, nine assembled colonies first joined together to demand freedom from arbitrary power. For the first century we … Read More(1965) The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action
AN ACT To enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 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 shall be known as the … Read More(1965) The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Document Number: PL 88-352 Date: 02 JUL 64 88th Congress, H. R. 7152 An Act To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the … Read More(1964) Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
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
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
June 5, 1956 OPINION BY: RIVES Statement of the Case The purpose of this action is to test the constitutionality of both the statutes of the State of Alabama n1 and the ordinances of the City of Montgomery n2 which require the segregation of the … Read More(1956) Browder v. Gayle
