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President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was introduced in Eisenhower’s presidency and was the act that kick-started the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1960 enabled federal judges to appoint referees to hear persons claiming that state election officials had denied them the right to register and vote.
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President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order No. 11110 that returned to the U.S. government the power to issue currency, without going through the Federal Reserve.
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Constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 to outlaw the poll tax.
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In the 1960 presidential election campaign John F. Kennedy argued for a new Civil Rights Act. After the election it was discovered that over 70 per cent of the African American vote went to Kennedy.
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Law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting, in part by increasing the federal government's authority to register voters.
