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Rights Movement of 1957 The Civil Rights movement of 1957 would
end up changing a lot of things in our country. In this picture
you can clearly see President Eisenhower signing the Civil
Rights Act of 1957. The Civil Rights movement was used to
enforce that all African Americans would be allowed to exercise
their right to vote. Even though African Americans had been
granted the right to vote an entire century before, but many
died and had to fight their way to cast a vote, therefore, only
twenty percent of African Americans voted when this Act was
passed. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 also established the civil
rights commission as well. Changes To The Laws