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NATIONAL ORIGINS-PHASE TWO: 1952-1964 AND
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA |
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1952 |
Immigration and Nationality Act
(McCarran-Walter Act) |
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1953 |
Refugee Relief Act |
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1954 |
Hungarian Refugee Act
Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board
of Education |
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1957 |
Refugee-Escapee Act
Civil Rights Act |
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1960 |
Civil Rights Act |
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1961 |
Executive Order No. 10925: Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity |
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1962 |
Executive Order No. 11063: Committee on
Equal Opportunity in Housing |
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1963 |
Executive Order No. 11114: Equal
Employment Opportunity |
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1964 |
Civil Rights Act
Title I: Voting Rights
Title IV: Education
Title V: Commission on Civil Rights
extended and given charge as national
clearinghouse of information
Title VI: Federally assisted programs
could not discriminate on the basis of race
Title VII: Equal Employment
Opportunity
Title VIII: Registration and voting
statistics to be compiled by U.S. Bureau of
the Census |
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THE END OF IMMIGRATION QUOTAS: 1965- AND
THE RISE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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1965 |
Immigration and Naturalization Act
Voting Rights Act
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Act |
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1968 |
Presidentially appointed Kerner Commission
on Civil Disorders cited white racism as
major cause of urban unrest
Civil Rights Act: Fair Housing Act
Bilingual Education Act |
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1969 |
Supreme Court ruling called for "all
deliberate speed," with educational
desegregation to occur at once
Executive Order No. 111458 created a
structure for the Office of Minority Business
Enterprises within the Department of Commerce |
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1971 |
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision
in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education
Supreme Court ruled in Griggs v. Duke
Power Co.
Executive Order No. 11625 provided
definition of minority business and
apparatus for collection of data regarding
such firms |
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1972 |
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Ethnic Heritage Act |
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1974 |
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
Housing and Community Development Act
Jackson-Vanick Act |
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1975 |
Amendment to Voting Rights Acts of 1965
protected "language groups"
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
targeted people of limited English speaking
ability |
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1976 |
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Supreme Court ruled on Runyon v.
McCrary
Immigration and Naturalization Act
Amendments |
|
1977 |
Community Reinvestment Act
Public Works Employment Act-10 percent of
federally funded public works contracts set
aside for minority business |
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1978 |
Immigration and Naturalization Act
amendments
Supreme Court decision on The Regents
of the University of California v. Bakke
Supreme Court ruled on United States
Steelworkers of America v. Weber |
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1980 |
Refugee Act
Supreme Court ruled on Fullilove v.
Klutznick |
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1982 |
Voting Rights Act extended |
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1984 |
Supreme Court decision on Firefighters
Local Union No. 1794 (Memphis, Tennessee) v.
Stotts |
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1986 |
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Supreme Court decision on International
Association of Firefighters v. City of
Cleveland
Supreme Court decision on New York City
v. Sheet Metal Worker's Union |
|
1987 |
Supreme Court decision on United States
v. Paradise
Supreme Court decision on Johnson v.
Transportation Agency, Santa
Clara, California |
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1989 |
Soviet refugee ceiling raised
Supreme Court ruling on Price
Waterhouse v. Hopkins
Supreme Court ruling on Wards Cove
Packing Co. v. Atonia
Supreme Court ruling on Martin v.
Wilkes |
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1990 |
Immigration Act
Soviet refugee ceiling raised |
