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Landmark Legislation

Age Discrimination in Employment Act P.L. 90-202, December 15, 1967
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/agedact.pdf

Americans with Disabilities Act
Pub. L.104-327, July 26, 1990
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pub. L. 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241 (Title 28, Sec. 1447; Title 42, Sec. 1971, 1975a-1975d, 2000a et seq.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm

  • Reference Sources on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Primary source material such congressional correspondence, press clippings, and speeches about the legislative process of enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    http://www.fountcom.com/folio/civil.html

  • History of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Article describes the social and political conditions that generated the Civil Rights Act. Includes the chronology of the passage of the Act.
    http://www.congresslink.org/civil/essay.html

Civil Rights Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102-166, Nov. 21, 1991, 105 Stat. 1071
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civil91.htm

Equal Credit Opportunity Act P.L. 94-239, March 23, 1976
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/ecact.pdf

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1964 P.L. 92-261, March 24, 1972
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/eeoact.pdf

Equal Pay Act of 1963 P.L. 94-239 June 10, 1963
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/equalpay.pdf

Fair Housing Legislation
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/fairhsg.pdf

Indian Civil Rights Act
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/indian.pdf

Older Americans Act of 1965 P.L. 89-73, July 14, 1965
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/oldamact.pdf

Pregnancy Discrmination Act
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/pregact.pdf

Voting Rights Act of 1965 P.L. 90-202, August 6, 1965
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/crights/reports/vrights.pdf



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