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sep 9, 1957 - President Eisenhower signed the bill into law

Description:

a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department and a Civil Rights Commission to investigate infringements of voting rights. The law also made it a federal crime to deny anyone’s voting rights.

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Date:

sep 9, 1957
Now
~ 67 years ago