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Civil Rights Measures
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Truman's Executive Order
Established equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. This historic document can be viewed here. -
Act of 1957
Aimed to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. -
Act of 1960
Enabled federal judges to appoint referees to hear persons claiming that state election officials had denied them the right to register and vote -
JFK's Executive Orders
Amendment of Executive Order No. 10168, of October 11, 1950, as amended, prescribing regulations relating to the right of enlisted members of the uniformed services to additional pay for sea and foreign duty -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
