The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI
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The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Struggle to Pass the 1960 Civil Rights Act, 1959–1960

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The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Struggle to Pass the 1960 Civil Rights Act, 1959–1960

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The Civil Rights Act of 1960 aimed to close loopholes in its 1957 predecessor that had allowed continued voter disenfranchisement for African Americans and for Mexicans in Texas.

In early 1959, the newly seated Eighty-Sixth Congress had four major civil rights bills under consideration. Eventually consolidated into the 1960 Civil Rights Act, their purpose was to correct the weaknesses in the 1957 law. Mitchell's papers from 1959 to 1960 show the extent to which congressional resistance to the passage of meaningful civil rights laws contributed to the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, and to subsequent demonstrations. The papers reveal how the repercussions of these events affected the NAACP's work in Washington and how, despite their dislike of demonstrations, NAACP officials used them to intensify the civil rights struggle.

Among the act's seven titles were provisions authorizing federal inspection of local voter registration rolls and penalties for anyone attempting to interfere with voters on the basis of race or color. The law extended the powers of the US Commission on Civil Rights and broadened the legal definition of the verb to vote to encompass all elements of the process: registering, casting a ballot, and properly counting that ballot. Ultimately, Mitchell considered the 1960 act unsuccessful because Congress had failed to include key amendments that would have further strengthened the 1957 act. In the House, representatives used parliamentary tactics to stall employment protections, school desegregation, poll-tax elimination, and other meaningful civil rights reforms. The fight would continue.

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. series is a detailed record of the NAACP leader's success in bringing the legislative branch together with the judicial and executive branches to provide civil rights protections during the twentieth century.

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Publisher
Ohio University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780821447468
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Civil Rights in Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontispiece
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Series Page
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, February 5, 1959
  10. Analysis of Civil Rights Legislation Pending in the House of Representatives, March 4, 1959
  11. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, March 6, 1959
  12. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, April 10, 1959
  13. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, May 8, 1959
  14. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, June 3, 1959
  15. Statement of Clarence Mitchell at the NAACP Annual Convention, June 30, 1959
  16. Civil Rights Legislation, July 10, 1959
  17. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, September 11, 1959
  18. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, October 9, 1959
  19. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, November 6, 1959
  20. Brief Highlights of 1959 as Reported by the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, December 22, 1959
  21. Federal Voting Registrar Bills, January 13, 1960
  22. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, February 5, 1960
  23. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, March 12, 1960
  24. Civil Rights Legislation, March 24, 1960
  25. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, April 9, 1960
  26. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, May 4, 1960
  27. Attachment to May 4, 1960, Report: Analysis of the 1960 Civil Rights Act, April 22, 1960
  28. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, June 10, 1960
  29. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, September 9, 1960
  30. Attachment to September 9, 1960, Report: Congressional Civil Rights Record of Presidential and vice Presidential Candidates, September 8, 1960
  31. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, October 6, 1960
  32. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau, November 11, 1960
  33. Washington Bureau, NAACP Highlights of 1960, December 20, 1960
  34. Monthly Report of the Washington Bureau (Legislative Outlook), December 31, 1960
  35. 1. Related Documents
  36. 2. Biographical Directory
  37. 3. Congressional Directory
  38. 4. Statements and Testimonies
  39. Bibliography
  40. Principal Cases Cited