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  1. Mar 14, 2024 · By 1969 there were 58, and by 1970 there were 90. The best known were called the “Fevered Fifty,” promising investors returns of 20 to 25 percent a year. In many cases, they went public before they had even completed the construction of their nursing homes, with prices at a huge premium to the rest of the market.

  2. Civil Rights Act of 1960. An Act to enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 ( Pub. L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to ...

  3. May 9, 2024 · Ella Baker. sit-in movement, nonviolent movement of the U.S. civil rights era that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. The sit-in, an act of civil disobedience, was a tactic that aroused sympathy for the demonstrators among moderates and uninvolved individuals. African Americans (later joined by white activists), usually students ...

  4. Due to the lack of jobs during the Great Depression, more than 500,000 Mexican Americans were deported or pressured to leave during the Mexican Repatriation, and the number of farm workers of Mexican descent decreased. 2 . The U.S. government passed a series of labor laws to protect workers, but excluded farm workers and domestic laborers.

  5. 1960. Air Pollution Study June 8, 1960 — US president Eisenhower signs a bill starting a two-year Public Health Service study into on air pollution from cars. Atomic dumping Oct. 10, 1960 — Jacques Cousteau and Prince Rainier III of Monaco publicly oppose French plan to dump radioactive wastes into the Mediterranean Sea.

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · What were three major civil rights laws or actions passed or taken in the 1960's and what did each do? There were many advancements made during the Civil Rights era.

  7. Feb 8, 2018 · The Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 were the first pieces of federal civil rights legislation passed since Reconstruction. Initially conceived to better enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments, the 1957 Act was met with fierce resistance from southern white segregationist senators. During months of hearings and debates—including the longest ...