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Based on a legislative proposal first drafted by this department, enabled the creation of doj civil rights division and authorized the attorney general to sue to enjoy voter discrimination, a denial of the right to vote. the first registrar for violating the act, the united states versus lind, was brought by john dior, an attorney who served during the eisenhower administration. by 1963, the department had filed 35 suits challenging discrimination or threats against black registration applicants...

In 1961, the attorney general called into his office the attorney general for civil rights, burke marshall, and marshalls first assistant, john dior. at that time before the 1960s act, the only way to guarantee the right of black americans to vote was to bring individual actions in each county and parish that discriminate against them. kennedy told his assistants that was what he wanted to do. well, general, burke marshall replied, if you want that, weve got to have a lot more lawyers. well, tod...

0 its great to see you. im geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. theyre about to have a gathering of world leaders and theyll be joined by british royals. well have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down l...