Civil Rights Act of 1957 (enforcement in 1958)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957_(enforcement_in_1958)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1960
gptkbp:citation gptkb:71_Stat._634
gptkb:Pub.L._85–315
gptkbp:createdAgency gptkb:Civil_Rights_Division_of_the_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:createdCommission gptkb:United_States_Commission_on_Civil_Rights
gptkbp:dateEnacted September 9, 1957
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first federal civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights Act of 1957 (enforcement in 1958)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:purpose protect voting rights
increase African American voting
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:section Title III: Civil Rights Commission
Title IV: Civil Rights Division
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:startDate 1958
gptkbp:title An Act to Provide Means of Further Securing and Protecting the Civil Rights of Persons within the Jurisdiction of the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1958_in_American_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7