United States Congress
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Acts, Bills, and Public Laws March 2, 1861 13th. Amendment, December 18, 1865 Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote ... shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The right of citizens of the United States to vote ... shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
An Act to establish the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
An Act to establish the Martin Luther King, Junior, Federal Holiday.
An Act to establish a commission to assist in the first observance of the Federal legal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
An Act to make permanent the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission.
Veto of Act, October 22, 1990 Proposed Civil Rights Legislation, October 22, 1990
An act to authorize appropriations for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, to extend such Commission, and to support the planning and performance of national service opportunities in conjunction with the Federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding...the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail....
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial...to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., pursuant to the Commemorative Works Act of 1986. |
Did You Know?
On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Hundreds of thousands attended his funeral in Atlanta. President Johnson declared a day of national mourning. During the week following his death, riots erupted in over 100 cities.