Civil Rights Act of 1957
Item
- Title
- Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Description
- The act established a bipartisan commission to investigate situations in which citizens were being deprived of their right to vote. The act allowed states to continue literacy tests and other requirements to vote. It did not address the desegregation of public education.
- Subject
- Civil Right legislation
- Source
- National Archives
- Publisher
- The United States Congress.
- Date
- 1956-01-03
- Item sets
- All Mansfield Items
