New civil rights statutes drove a surge in federal discrimination filings.

Evidence

Congressional statutes and executive-branch actions affect the number and type of cases brought before the district courts. In 1960, for example, only 306 civil rights cases were filed in district courts. But in succeeding decades, Congress adopted major civil rights laws, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. These laws encouraged victims of discrimination to seek redress in the federal courts; and the number of discrimination cases rose accordingly. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 337

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Bar groups have blocked every effort to end federal diversity jurisdiction. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 327; Lynching rose as Black people gained more civil rights. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 169; Civil-rights laws reduced blatant racism but left subtler discrimination intact (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Civil-rights laws reduced blatant racism but left subtler discrimination intact #qualifies (0.85)
• Lynching rose as Black people gained more civil rights. #complicates (0.80) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 169