Name |
Date
Passed |
Key
Provisions |
Thirteenth
Amendment |
18
December 1865 |
· Abolished slavery |
Civil
Rights Act of 1866 |
9 April 1866* |
· Granted citizenship to persons born or naturalised
in the United States
· Granted citizens the right to sue, enter contracts
and own property
· Outlawed the deprivation of civil rights
|
Fourteenth
Amendment |
28 July 1868 |
· Curbed states' rights claims
· Guaranteed equal protection under the law with the
federal government as protector |
Fifteenth
Amendment |
2 February 1870 |
· Gave right to vote regardless of race, colour, previous
servitude condition |
Civil
Rights Act of 1875 |
1 March 1875 |
·
Gave access to public facilities to all regardless of previous
servitude condition |
Civil
Rights Act of 1957 |
9 September 1957 |
· Established the Commission on Civil Rights |
Civil
Rights Act of 1960 |
6 May 1960 |
· Established federal inspection of voter registration
polls |
Executive
Order |
6 May 1961 |
· Established President’s Commission on Equal
Employment Opportunity |
Civil
Rights Act of 1964 |
2 July 1964 |
· Outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, colour,
sex, national origin or religion
· Protected voting rights
· Outlawed segregation in schools, public places and
employment |
Voting
Rights Act of 1965 |
6
August 1965 |
· Outlawed practices used for the purpose of denying
voting rights based on race |
Civil
Rights Act of 1968 |
11 April 1968 |
· Outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, colour,
sex, national origin or religion arising in connection with
housing
· Protected American Indians' civil rights |
Civil
Rights Restoration Act of 1987 |
22 March 1988 |
· Outlawed discrimination on the basis race, religion,
colour, national origin, gender, age, or disability arising
in any institution receiving federal funding |
 |
|
Notes
* re-enacted 31 May 1870
Sources
Moore, J. H., ed. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism,
vol. 1. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008.
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