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This Day in Legal History: Civil Rights Act of 1960
On May 6, 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law, marking a cautious but critical step forward in the long legal battle over voting rights in America. The Act was designed to address the persistent and systemic barriers that prevented African Americans, particularly in the South, from registering to vote—barriers that had proven stubbornly resilient despite the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The 1960 law authorized federal inspection of local voter registration rolls, giving the Department of Justice a…
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