AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Luce-Celler Act Signed

resistance

President Truman signed the law granting naturalization rights and small immigration quotas to Indians and Filipinos, the first time either group could become naturalized US citizens. (Some sources give July 3.)

Communities
  • Indian American
  • Filipino American
Topics
  • immigration
  • law
  • citizenship
Event type
  • legislation
Regions
  • South Asian

Sources

Also on July 2

history

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed

President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act; its Title VI (barring discrimination in federally funded programs) was the basis of Lau v. Nichols, and Title VII (employment) underlay later Asian American workplace cases. (Shares Jul 2 with the Luce-Celler Act.)