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Prohibited discrimination in credit transactions based on race, sex, and other factors.

Required lenders to disclose mortgage data to identify discriminatory practices.

Federal anti-drug law that established harsh mandatory minimum sentences, including the 100-to-1 crack versus powder cocaine sentencing disparity.

Expanded the federal drug war framework, created the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and intensified criminal penalties tied to drug enforcement.

Provided education and housing benefits to returning veterans.

The Supreme Court ruled that white-only primary elections were unconstitutional.

Authorized federal grants and loans for hospital construction and modernization through state plans, greatly expanding hospital infrastructure while permitting segregated implementation in many parts of the country.

Ordered equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services and began the formal desegregation of the military.

The Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875, ruling that Congress could not prohibit racial discrimination by private individuals or businesses.

The Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine.

The Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's poll tax, literacy test, and related voter qualification scheme because the law did not explicitly name race on its face, even though it was designed and administered to disfranchise Black voters.

Representative George Henry White introduced the first federal anti-lynching bill to protect citizens against mob violence, but the measure never made it out of committee.

Declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free, shifting the war toward abolition.

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime.

Established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in the War Department to provide relief, labor oversight, schooling support, legal assistance, and family reunification support for formerly enslaved people and war refugees.

Declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens and guaranteed basic civil rights regardless of race.

The Supreme Court ordered Southern school districts to end delays and transition immediately from dual school systems to unitary systems.

The Supreme Court held that Title VII prohibits employment practices that are facially neutral but have a discriminatory impact unless the employer can show business necessity.

The Supreme Court approved broad equitable remedies, including busing and redrawn attendance zones, to dismantle de jure school segregation.

The Supreme Court limited interdistrict desegregation remedies by ruling that suburban districts could not be included in a metropolitan desegregation plan absent proof that they had contributed to the constitutional violation.