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- Title
THE FEDERAL FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE--A GUIDE TO NEGRO ENFRANCHISEMENT.
- Authors
BERNHARD, BERL I.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 in the U.S. It states that federal government was confined to criminal actions before 1957, but the Civil Rights Act gave congress the authority to prevent racial discrimination in voting. It discusses the powers of the Commission on Civil Rights, which include conducting hearings, issuing subpoenas for witnesses, and running proceedings to impose attendance of witnesses. Several cases of racial discrimination against African Americans in the U.S. states including Alabama and Louisiana have also been discusssed in the article.
- Subjects
ALABAMA; LOUISIANA; UNITED States; CIVIL rights; RACE discrimination; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); WITNESSES; UNITED States. Congress; LEGISLATIVE hearings
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1962, Vol 27, Issue 3, p468
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1190590