Then outgoing attorney general James P. McGranery (left) briefs Brownell, then Eisenhower's designee for the position, of the Justice Department on December 20, 1952, amid the presidential transition of Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights law passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on September 9, 1957