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A History of Civil Rights legislation

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A History of Civil Rights Legislation in America

This year on Friday, July 2nd, the U.S. will mark the 57th anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was the most significant civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It prohibited the segregation policies that relegated Black Americans to separate schools, restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains during the Jim Crow era.

But while the 1964 bill rightfully gets significant recognition for its role in the advancement of civil rights, it’s just one of many notable civil rights bills that have been enacted since the Civil War. Here’s a look back at some of the major civil rights bills.

The initial movement on civil rights legislation occurred while the Civil War was still ongoing. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, which changed the legal status of slaves in secessionist Confederate states from slave to free. It took effect on January 1, 1863, and while it ultimately took the Union’s victory in the Civil War to bring it into effect throughout the former Confederacy, all slaves who escaped bondage in the South before the war’s conclusion were considered free. Lincoln recognized the limits of his executive action in terms of guaranteeing the post-war status of freed slaves and turned to his Republican majorities in Congress to enact constitutional and legislative changes in the final years of the Civil War. This led to the enactment of what became known as the Reconstruction Amendments ― the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
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