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The monumental Civil Rights Act resulted in the creation of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, tasked with enforcing federal policies affecting civil rights and investigating complaints. The act was propelled into and through Congress by civil rights advocacy groups including the National...
Over the course of five years, the bill was able to offer almost $4 billion from its unemployment compensation program to nearly 9 million veterans. [Pictured: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill in the Oval Office on June 22, 1944.] 1945: War Brides Act Sunday Truth /...
1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 The monumental Civil Rights Act resulted in the creation of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, tasked with enforcing federal policies affecting civil rights and investigating complaints. The act was propelled into and through Congress by civil rights ad...