Rights Act in a sentence

The Civil Rights Movement's success in gaining federal passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided enforcement of constitutional rights, including voting for blacks.

Only after passage of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 did African Americans regain the ability to exercise suffrage, among other civil rights.

Brown paved the way for the Civil Rights Act a decade later, and the Voting Rights Act just after that.

Congress cannot alter Shelby County's constitutional ruling, but it can revitalize the Voting Rights Act by writing a new coverage formula and setting aside Brnovich's cramped construction of the Voting Rights Act's result test.

Legal experts expect this to be challenged under the Voter Rights Act, although the platform also calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.

When Kennedy was shot and killed, Johnson then went on to push the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.

If elected, Franklin intends to strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and rename it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

After the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, King was already insisting that it was only the first stage in the struggle for black freedom.

The doctrine evolved into a freestanding tenet of sexual harassment under the anti-discrimination provisions of Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act and was emulated by counterpart legislation in most states, including the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

As early as 1866, the Civil Rights Act and Civil Rights Act of 1871 provided a remedy for intentional racism in employment by private employers and state and local public employers.

He is also the only President to successfully veto a civil rights act, having vetoed the job-discrimination protection Civil Rights Act of 1990.

The liberal coalition that had gained passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began to fray.

This is otherwise known as the Secluded Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, the Tribal Rights Act, or the Tribal Land Act.

More’s neighbour Chahabai Shivaji More has the same demand: implement the Forest Rights Act and provide tribals with community as well as individual property rights on forest land.

Several plaintiffs, associated with the Democratic Party, sued, claiming that the map violates the rights of minority voters under the Court’s past interpretations of the Voting Rights Act.

The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleges that Fearless Fund is violating Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, which states that private contracts must be made and enforced without regard to race.

Years of injustice and mistreatment eventually led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited any type of public discrimination, including work, school integration, and other basic rights.

According to the Forest Rights Act, 2006, before any forest land can be diverted for non-forestry purposes, it is mandatory to obtain the consent of the affected Gram Sabhas and recognize the forest rights of the community.

The UK’s Human Rights Act 1998 creates legal duties that bring these Convention rights into UK law and makes the enforceable here at home.

A central feature of the Israeli situation in particular is the Patient Rights Act, 1996, which ‘aims to establish the rights of every person who requests medical care or who is in receipt of medical care, and to protect his or her dignity and privacy’.