Civil Rights Act of 1960
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| Long title | An Act to enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes. |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | CRA |
| Enacted by | the 86th United States Congress |
| Effective | May 6, 1960 |
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| Public law | 86-449 |
| Statutes at Large | 74 Stat. 86 |
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| Acts amended | Civil Rights Act of 1957 |
| Titles amended | 18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1960 (Pub.L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote. It was designed to deal with discriminatory laws and practices in the segregated South, by which blacks and Mexican Texans had been effectively disfranchised since the late 19th and start of the 20th century. It extended the life of the Civil Rights Commission, previously limited to two years, to oversee registration and voting practices. The act was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and served to eliminate certain loopholes left by the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
By the late 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement had been pressuring Congress to enact to protect the constitutional civil rights of African Americans. The first major piece of civil rights legislation passed by Congress was the Civil Rights Act of 1957. While enforcing the voting rights of African Americans set out in the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, the act had several loopholes. Southern states continued to discriminate against African Americans in application of voter registration and electoral laws, in segregation of school and public facilities, and in employment.
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