AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question 1

Ways federal govt (excluding Supreme Court) helped social rights

Answer 1

• 1865 13th amendment - slaves made free, personal liberty, allowed to move, not separated form family
• Executive order 8586 (Roosevelt November 1940) - prohibits discrimination of race, colour, creed for soldiers
• 1948 - executive order 9981 (truman) against segregation in military
• July 1964 - civil rights act (public accommodations and employment) discrimination in voting, public facilities, public education -> prevented local juries deciding on cases of discrimination
• September 1965 - executive order 11246 called for action to end underrepresentation of racial minorities in workplace -> discrimination barred in federal employment
• October 1965 - immigration act -> ended immigration quotas based on national origins, race, religion or colour