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Civil Rights Acts
Civil Rights Acts (1866, 1870, 1875, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1968) US legislation. The
Civil Rights Act (1866) gave African-Americans citizenship and extended civil rights to all persons born in the USA (except Native Americans). The
1870 Act was passed to re-enact the previous measure, which was considered to be of dubious constitutionality. In 1883, the US Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the 1870 law. The
1875 Act was passed to outlaw discrimination in public places because of race or previous servitude. The act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (1883–85), which stated that the 14th Amendment, the constitutional basis of the act, protected individual rights against infringement by the states, not by other individuals. The
1957 Act established the
Civil Rights Commission to investigate violations of the 15th Amendment. The
1960 Act enabled court-appointed federal officials to protect black voting rights. An act of violence to obstruct a court order became a federal offence. The
1964 Act established as law equal rights for all citizens in voting, education, public accommodations and in federally assisted programmes. The
1968 Act guaranteed equal treatment in housing and real estate to all citizens.
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Civil Service Commissioners' - Annual Report; 'Mixed Picture' On Appointment Of Women Says First Commissioner.
M2 Presswire; 7/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...waited a very long time for civil service legislation, now the...at last here we must get it right. We welcome the fact that the...book. The core values of the Civil Service - honesty, integrity...merit are important to every civil servant and every citizen...
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Civil Courts Could Get a New Look
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/29/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...profession, saying clogged civil court dockets have weakened...Montgomery) said the civil jury trial ballot questions...the budget and the legal rights of individuals. "If...There is a fundamental right for citizens to have juries...the ballot questions on civil jury trials could ...
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Civil Servants celebrate diversity.
M2 Presswire; 12/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...achieve their own goals. "It is right that a modern Civil Service has to meet the needs of the society we serve. The Civil Service should be an exemplar among...welcoming to all." Bill Jeffrey, Civil Service Diversity Champion and...
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CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OVERSIGHT:CHARLES CANADY
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 2/25/1998; 700+ words
; ...forefront of protecting the voting rights of all Americans. Now, the Civil Rights Division seeks to deny Americans their right to cast their votes in geographically...gerrymandered districts. In the past, the Civil Rights Division fought against a system...
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Civil service reform in post-communist Europe: the bumpy road to depoliticisation.
Magazine article from: West European Politics; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
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Civil Union Bill gives gays no marriage choice.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 9/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...does not include a reference to civil partnership. The practical...consortium omnis vitae - the rights, duties and responsibilities...a same-sex marriage. The Civil Union Bill, however, provides...marriage in common law include civil partnerships. This means...
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Civil Unions Now Routine in Vermont
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; ...Michel Vigneault (right) took their pro...of the peace, civil unions have become...sex couples the rights and benefits of marriage. The civil unions law gave...is happening, civil unions feel like...AP News All Rights Reserved
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ANNIVERSARY:THEODORE SHAW
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...halcyon days of the Civil Rights Movement, when Assistant...threatening violence to civil rights demonstrators seeking to vindicate the right to vote. At least since...role in vindicating the rights of black Americans, the Civil Rights Division had...
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The civil service they wish our country would have one day
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 8/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...to think ethically. Ethical civil servants know their values and...in a practical way. Ethical civil servants always "do the right thing the right way." It is...legally and politically. Ethical civil servants stand up to corrupt...
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Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement; 9/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the fact that it took over a civil service in flux-a significant...make significant changes in the civil service, and correspondingly...government. Although retiring civil servants got to keep their generous severance package--a right that was transformed into a...
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Civil Liberties
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...association, religious freedom, and the right to a fair hearing or trial when accused of...a crime. While many tend to use the terms civil liberties and civil rights interchangeably, civil liberties can be distinguished from civil...
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Civil Society
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...referred to the notion of civil society as the capacity of human...Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820). For Hegel, civil society ( b ü rgerliche...of the family. In his view, civil society was a temporary mode of...
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Gilbert Paul Carrasco T he Civil Rights Act of 1957 (CRA) (P.L. 85-315, 71 Stat...filibuster, if necessary, to defeat the bill. In 1957 civil rights legislation had a highly effective, if unlikely, supporter...
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964...or titles. Several strengthened the Civil Rights Commission and the voting rights provisions...the law. Title VII Title VII of the Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in employment...
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Civil Rights
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...liberty and the right to attempt to procure property. Civil rights were the rights...political rather than civil rights. The point was...generally had the right to own property...Amendment , securing the right to vote against...distinction between civil ...
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