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"Land of Unequal Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas." While emphasizing the 1957 Little Rock Central High School integration crisis, the scope of the civil rights project also includes materials from earlier and later eras so that the events of 1957 are placed in their historical context.

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The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which were ratified in 1868 and 1870 respectively, granted Congress the power to enforce civil rights with legislation, and it is this power that serves as the constitutional basis of the act. Congress enacted a series of statutes intended to confer broad rights on African Americans to be free from discrimination. Many of the protections of these civil rights acts, however, were severely restricted through U.S. Supreme Court interpretation, as occurred in the Civil Rights Cases (1883). Among the most significant lasting effects of these laws was the establishment of federal authority to enforce criminal civil rights provisions.

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Video describing civil rights act of 1957

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Video describing civil rights act of 1957

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The civil rights act of 1957 was mainly a voting rights bill but it was the first significant measure to address African-American civil rights since 1875. It also established the U.S Commission on Civil Rights for two years, created a civil rights division in the U.S. Justice Department and authorized the U.S. Attorney General to seek federal court injunctions to protect the voting rights of African Americans.

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-Proposed by Herbert Brownnell Jr.
-Signed into Law by Dwight D Eisenhower
-Established the U.S Commission on Civil Rights for two years, created a civil rights division in the U.S. Justice Department and authorized the U.S. Attorney General to seek federal court injunctions to protect the voting rights of African Americans.

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How did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 influenced other groups? 

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How did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 influenced other groups? 

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This was intended to protect the rights of African Americans to vote and the legislation created a civil rights division within the Department of Justice and gave it the authority to seek court injunctions against anyone interfering with the right to vote, but the legislation did not have a big impact. The Civil Rights act influenced other groups to hold conferences, protest, and nonviolent movements to gain equality.

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Leaders proposed nonviolent movements and campaigns against segregation.  Attorney General William Rogers ordered the creation of the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice, to ensure equality in the justice system. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a nonviolent civil rights activist chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus boycott and draw national attention.  Eisenhower passed this bill to establish a permanent commission on civil rights with investigative powers.

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After World War II, the civil rights movement picked up significant momentum in the United States. By 1948, Harry Truman had ordered the desegregation of the armed forces. However, it was in 1954 that the movement got its first major boost forward with the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education, which had ended the idea of separate but equal, the legal concept that permitted segregation in the United States. Across the country, and especially outside of the Deep South, public support grew for desegregation, as many Americans thought the practice was simply wrong. Therefore, it was not surprising that Congress, always happy to win approval from their constituents, began to work on their own civil rights package.

Southern Jurisdictions

One place where the new legislation would prove to be very unpopular was the Deep South. In fact, it had nearly universal condemnation from voters in the region. Now this may sound strange, as after all, more African Americans lived in the South than in any other region, and in many districts, they had significant majorities. However, this lack of support among voters was a key symptom of one of the problems that the Civil Rights Act of 1957 would seek to correct. Due to intimidation and poll taxes, or the requirement to pay a certain fee in order to vote, most blacks in the South were denied the right to vote.

Contents of the Bill

Reports of this sort of discrimination filtered north, and for many, poll taxes seemed to be the perfect problem to solve. There was just one problem, though. The Democratic Party was the Senate's majority party, and they had much of their support from the Deep South. In fact, many members opposed any changes. As a result, the bill had to be weakened by the majority leader of the Senate, Lyndon Johnson, in order to be passed. Ironically, nearly a decade later it would be President Lyndon Johnson who would pass the most comprehensive Civil Rights Act in American history, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The bill itself set out to eliminate the poll taxes and intimidation that had kept so many minorities away from the ballet box. Punishment would be swift, including a heavy fine and the threat of jail time. Also, as the law was more administrative in nature, there would be no need for a trial by jury. Sympathetic white juries had saved many intimidators from charges earlier in the century, but the new law would do away with that protection. Just as one does not get a trial by jury for getting a speeding ticket, one would no longer get a trial by jury for intimidating voters.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1957: History & Significance - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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After World War II, the civil rights movement picked up significant momentum in the United States. By 1948, Harry Truman had ordered the desegregation of the armed forces. However, it was in 1954 that the movement got its first major boost forward with the Supreme Court case of Brown v.

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Herbert Brownnell Jr. originally proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and served as Attorney General for Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 - 1957.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was founded July 2, 1965. It was involved with the Civil Rights Act of 1957  as a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was also involved in the Civil Rights Act of 1957, it was founded under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., for the purpose of carrying out non-violent campaigns against segregation and racism.

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Dwight D Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. He was a five-star general and is responsible for planning and supervising operation torch. On September 9th 1957 he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was passed under the Johnson administration. This act outlawed segregation in public areas and granted the federal government power to fight black disfranchisement. The Civil rights act of 1957 also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to prevent discrimination in the work place.