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7h 3min, sep 9, 1957 y - Civil Rights Act 1957

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Proposed by Attorney General Herbert Brownwell, the act marked the first time after reconstruction that the federal government undertook legislative action to protect civil rights.

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7h 3min, sep 9, 1957 y
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~ 68 years ago