Between 1866 and 1890, there were NINE landmark civil rights laws enacted by Congress.
None of them received bipartisan votes but all of them were popular, urgent, and necessary for taking critical steps towards equality, justice, and opportunity for Black people across America.
None of them received bipartisan votes but all of them were popular, urgent, and necessary for taking critical steps towards equality, justice, and opportunity for Black people across America.
They were:
✅The 1866 Civil Rights Bill
✅The 14th Amendment
✅The 15th Amendment
✅The 1870 Enforcement Act
✅The Klu Klux Klan Act
✅The 1872 Enforcement Act
✅The 1875 Civil Rights Bill
✅The 1875 Enforcement Act
✅The Lodge Bill
✅The 1866 Civil Rights Bill
✅The 14th Amendment
✅The 15th Amendment
✅The 1870 Enforcement Act
✅The Klu Klux Klan Act
✅The 1872 Enforcement Act
✅The 1875 Civil Rights Bill
✅The 1875 Enforcement Act
✅The Lodge Bill
EVERY SINGLE ONE of these landmark bills was passed WITHOUT bipartisan votes even though these bills — like civil rights legislation including the For the People Act today — were supported by a majority of voters.
If we’d waited for bipartisanship, there wouldn’t be a 14th or 15th Amendment. We wouldn't have some of our most important civil rights laws.
Let's learn, do what’s right, and pass the For the People Act. If you wait for bipartisanship, you're allowing voter suppression.
Let's learn, do what’s right, and pass the For the People Act. If you wait for bipartisanship, you're allowing voter suppression.
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