Civil Rights Movement, Laws & Legislation

Civil Rights Movement Resources

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• Five Ways to Avoid Whitewashing the Civil Rights Movement This link opens in a new window
• Voting Rights Act: Beyond the Headlines This link opens in a new window
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Movement This link opens in a new window
• Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement (Khan Academy) This link opens in a new window
• The Civil Rights Movement And The Second Reconstruction, 1945—1968 (U.S. House) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights: Law and History This link opens in a new window
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights: Timeline of Events (FindLaw) This link opens in a new window

Legislation

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• Emancipation Proclamation (1863) This link opens in a new window
• Thirteenth Amendment (1865) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1866) This link opens in a new window
• Fourteenth Amendment (1868) This link opens in a new window
• Fifteenth Amendment (1870) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1871) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1875) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1957) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1960) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1964) This link opens in a new window
• Voting Rights Act (1965) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Act (1968) This link opens in a new window
• Civil Rights Restoration Act (1987) This link opens in a new window

Court Cases

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• Dred Scott v. Sandford This link opens in a new window
• Plessy v. Ferguson (Full Text) This link opens in a new window
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka I and II This link opens in a new window
• Bailey v. Patterson (1962) This link opens in a new window
• Loving v. Virginia (1967) This link opens in a new window
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) This link opens in a new window

Executive Orders

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• Executive Order 8802 (1941) This link opens in a new window
• Executive Order 9981 (1948) This link opens in a new window
• Executive Order 10590 (1955) This link opens in a new window
• Executive Order 10925 (1961) This link opens in a new window
• Executive Order 11246 (1965) This link opens in a new window

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