Question

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first piece of civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction that gave the Attorney General greater power over school desegregation and gave the federal government jurisdiction over violations of A.A voting rights.

A) True
B) False

Answer 1

True, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first significant civil rights legislation since Reconstruction providing the Attorney General with greater powers over school desegregation and protecting African American voting rights.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first piece of civil rights legislation since Reconstruction that gave the Attorney General greater power over school desegregation and gave the federal government jurisdiction over violations of African American voting rights is True. The Act established the United States Civil Rights Commission, which indeed empowered the US Attorney General to investigate civil rights violations, signaling a move towards addressing some aspects of institutionalized racial discrimination. While this Act was a symbolic step forward, it was the subsequent Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that had more profound and far-reaching impacts on civil rights in America.