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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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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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The key strategy use by Eisenhower and Brownell was the use of legal action to make it a law.

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No amendments were being violated. This was to law used to justify the means of this law.

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Influence of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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Influence of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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This act helped other movements by bringing attention to how the government also believed in equality and made it easier and safer for people to protest and to show their feelings for the movement. It was way easier to feel like you have a say when the government is behind you.

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This cartoon is showing how disrespected black people were. As you can see he is also a doctor, but because they are white they think they know more than him. Plus they are making a joke about his skin color is a “condition”

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Dwight D. Eisenhower: President of the U.S., signed the civil rights act of 1957..

Attorney General Herbert Brownell: Was the main attorney in the civil rights act of 1957 and fought for the rights of the people.

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U.S v. Atkins

found that 8,597/14,400 whites and 242/15,115 African American were registered to vote in Dallas, Texas.

In 1965, they found that 1,516 more blacks were registered than in 1961

U.S v. Mississippi

To prove certain state constitutional provisions and other laws were designed to prevent African American's from voting

It was viewed as a "Frontal Attack" on the State of Mississippi by the Federal Court  from 2 out of 3 district judges.

Eventually viewed before the Supreme Court

They decided the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was constitutional under the 15th Amendment and the Supreme Court could bring suit against Mississippi.

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Organizations Created by the Civil Rights Act of '57

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Organizations Created by the Civil Rights Act of '57

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The U.S Commission on Civil Rights

An Independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency

The Civil Rights Division

Division in the Department of Justice

works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans

enforces federal statuses prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race.(Whites and African Americans)

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First civil rights legislation passed by congress since 1875

Mainly a voting rights bill but also served as congress's support of the Supreme Court's decision to integrate schools in the case of Brown v. The Board of Education.

Laid down a foundation for the federal enforcement of civil right laws by creating the U.S Commission on Civil Rights in the Executive Branch and the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice

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Civil Rights Act of '57

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Explained

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Civil Rights Act of 1957 by Khushbu Rana and Andri Tejeda