Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Title
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Description
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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.
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Subject
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Source
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Eisenhower.archives.gov
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Publisher
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Eisenhower archives
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Date
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1957
