Series Introduction

Volume Introduction

U.S. Constitution, Amendments XIV and XV

The Enforcement Act (The Civil Rights Act of 1870)

The Force Act of 1871

The Unhappy History of Civil Rights Legislation

E. Gressman

Civil Rights Act of 1957, President's State of the Union Message, Part IV

Civil Rights Act of 1960, Title III

United States Supreme Court Opinion in Gomillion v. Lightfoot

Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Address on Voting Rights to Joint Session of Congress by President Johnson, March 15, 1965

Text of President Johnson's Voting Rights Message to Congress, Week Ending March 19, 1965

Text of President Johnson's March 13th News Conference, Week Ending March 19, 1965

Report of the House Judiciary Committee, The Origins, House Report No. 439

Debate on Proposed Administration Bill, S. 1564, Senate-89th Congress, 1st Session (April 22-May 26, 1965)

Tables for States That Used Tests or Devices as Defined in the VRA, Presented by Attorney General Katzenbach, March 18, 1965

Congressional Quarterly Fact Sheet on Voting Rights: ``Sweeping Voting Bill Introduced in Congress,'' Week Ending March 19, 1965

Resolution, House of Representatives--89th Congress, 1st Session, July 6-9, 1965

Conference Report to Accompany S. 1564, August 2, 1965

Statement, Senate, August 4, 1965

Floor Action: Senate Votes for VRA, Week of May 28, 1965

United States Supreme Court Opinion and Justice Black's Opinion in South Carolina v. Katzenbach

Copyright Acknowledgments