60 years ago today, President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960, a US federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls. It introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone’s attempt to register to vote. It dealt with discriminatory laws and practices in the segregated South, which disenfranchised blacks and Mexican […]
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60 years ago today, President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960, a US federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls. It introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone’s attempt to register to vote. It dealt with discriminatory laws and practices in the segregated South, which disenfranchised blacks and Mexican
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