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Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09641.30 Author/Creator: Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1963 Pagination: 1 pamphlet 20 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet printed in 1963 by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government arguing against the passage of President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act (S. 1731). The document outlines negative aspects of sections in the bill; voting rights, public accommodations, desegregation of public education, Community Relations Service, overseeing the Commission on Civil Rights, denial of financial assistance based on proof of race discrimination, authoriziation given to the President to organize a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Mays, David J., 1896-1971
Kirkpatrick, James J., 1920-2010

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