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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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Southern opposition in Congress
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1960
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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September 9, 1957
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:85th_United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:established
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Division_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Justice
gptkb:United_States_Commission_on_Civil_Rights
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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first federal civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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gptkbp:locationSigned
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gptkb:White_House
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gptkbp:longTitle
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An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:CRA_1957
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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gptkb:Pub.L._85–315
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gptkbp:purpose
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to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:section
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gptkb:Title_I:_Voting_Rights
gptkb:Title_II:_Civil_Rights_Commission
gptkb:Title_III:_Civil_Actions_by_the_Attorney_General
gptkb:Title_IV:_General_Provisions
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation
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gptkb:71_Stat._634
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957
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gptkbp:vetoedBy
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no
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gptkbp:votingSystem
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House: 285-126
Senate: 72-18
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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