Senate votes down literacy test in voter qualification
UPI reports the U S Senate rejected a Johnston amendment striking a sixth grade literacy clause, arguing literacy cannot be defined by grade level. The vote 74 to 18 favored maintaining a literacy standard, amid broader civil rights debates.
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Senate Civil Rights Bill Sets Broad Reforms and Revisions
The Senate version preserves the House frame but adds over 100 detail changes. It would standardize voting and public accommodations rules, require written literacy tests, enable court hearings on pattern discrimination, and extend rights to lodging and services in public facilities. It includes desegregation powers for parks, schools, and agencies, with new protections for defendants and witnesses and a five member Equal Opportunity Commission.
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Texas Senators Split On Civil Rights Bill Vote
UPI reports Texas senators split along party lines on the civil rights bill. Senator Ralph Yarborough D Texas voted for passage 73 to 27, while Senator John Tower R Texas opposed it. Yarborough praised the bill as the strongest since Reconstruction, Tower warned it could deny civil rights despite addressing discrimination.
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