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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 extends the rights of emancipated slaves by stating that any person born in the United States regardless of race is an American citizen. The Enforcement Acts of 1870-1871 allows the President to protect Black American men ’s right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and for Black men and women to receive ...
Fats Waller, African American jazz pianist and entertainer (died 1943) [45] June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer and actor (Tarzan) (died 1984) [46] June 3 – Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion (died 1950) [47] June 24 – Phil Harris, bandleader and comic actor (died 1995)"Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies ...
The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism .
In the United States, human rights consists of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly by the Bill of Rights), [1] [2] state constitutions, treaty and customary international law, legislation enacted by Congress and state legislatures, and state referendums and citizen's initiatives.
Equal Rights Amendment: Would ensure the equality of rights by the federal or state governments based on sex. Proposed March 22, 1972. Initial ratification period ended March 22, 1979; purported [26] extension period ended June 30, 1982; amendment failed. [a] District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation .
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Various authorities have listed what they consider are the legitimate constituents of the Insular Cases. Juan R. Torruella, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (the federal appeals court with jurisdiction over the Federal Court for the District of Puerto Rico), considers that the landmark decisions consist of six fundamental cases only, all decided in 1901: "strictly ...