War, Protest and Politics
What Congress actually passed in the 1960s, and what it did not pass in 1967.
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There was no Civil Rights Act of 1967. This guide sets out the real federal acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965 and 1968 and what Congress did and failed to do in 1967.
No Civil Rights Act was passed in 1967. The landmark law is the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed 2 July 1964 after a long Senate filibuster. Here is what it did.
There was no 1967 civil rights act. The Voting Rights Act, signed 6 August 1965 after Selma, was the key voting law, and by 1967 it was changing Southern politics.
No fair housing law passed in 1967. The Fair Housing Act was signed on 11 April 1968, a week after Martin Luther King's death, after failed attempts in 1966 and 1967.
No Civil Rights Act of 1967 exists. This article explains the white backlash of 1966-67: Republican midterm gains, resistance to open housing, Chicago and the riots.
No Civil Rights Act of 1967 exists. In 1967 the fight was enforcement: Title VI, HEW school desegregation guidelines, slow Southern compliance and freedom-of-choice plans.
No Civil Rights Act of 1967 passed. This article follows Congress in 1966-67: the September 1966 filibuster, stalled 1967 proposals, the Powell vote and the riots.
The Immigration and Nationality Act was signed on 3 October 1965, not 1967, and took effect in 1968. It ended national origins quotas and reshaped immigration.
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