Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Wikipedia
Wikipedia's article on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights law since 1875, covers how President Eisenhower's voting rights bill was weakened in the Senate by the Anderson–Aiken and jury trial amendments, survived Strom Thurmond's record 24-hour-18-minute filibuster, and created the Civil Rights Commission and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division before Eisenhower signed it on September 9, 1957. The article says its effect was limited—black voting rose only 3% by 1960—and quotes Richard Nixon calling the jury trial amendment vote one of the saddest days in Senate history.
