Emanuel Celler: Immigration and Civil Rights Champion by Wayne Dawkins

Author:Wayne Dawkins [Dawkins, Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781496829894
Google: 4xXAzQEACAAJ
Goodreads: 54711665
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2020-01-15T08:30:39+00:00

During the first Eisenhower term, Emanuel Celler sought justice for several constituents who had been smeared during the McCarthy-era Red Scare. As the Cold War deepened, Celler sympathized with Eisenhower’s attempts to circumvent strict immigration laws so America could welcome refugees from places such as Hungary. Celler, the pro-Israel Zionist, anxiously watched Israelis invade Egypt as the proxy for England and France in the Suez Canal dispute.

Over decades, Celler was a committed civil rights advocate. He fought many losing legislative battles and experienced rare victories. But in 1957 he scored a significant victory in cowriting and guiding through Congress a civil rights bill that President Eisenhower eventually signed into law.

At first glance, the first civil rights law in eighty-plus years appeared toothless. It lacked enforcement power against voting rights violations in the South. Yet the subtle strength of the civil rights law was its infrastructure. It mandated a commission to hear complaints and a division within the Justice Department that could accept documented cases of abuses against blacks and other citizens.

Celler had an established reputation as an immigration advocate and an antimonopoly watchdog. With the 1957 civil rights law, he lay the foundation as a legislative civil rights leader. His record of achievements was far from finished.

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