The Civil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first bill protecting Black civil rights to become law in eighty-two years. Leading into the 1956 presidential election, President EisenhowerEisenhower’s administration responded to the Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education decisions, the murder of Emmett TillTill, Emmett, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Southern ManifestoSouthern Manifesto by proposing new civil rights legislation. An increase in support from Black voters for the Republican ticket signaled that the party responsible for passing civil rights legislation could secure support from Black voters for the foreseeable future. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon JohnsonJohnson, Lyndon sought to negotiate a bill that could pass the Senate without a filibusterfilibuster by his Southern colleagues. To prevent a filibuster and pass a bill, Johnson used strategic votingstrategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure necessary votes, including fixing dimensionalitydimension manipulationfixing dimensionality on voting rights by deleting key enforcement provisions and increasing dimensionalitydimension manipulationincreasing dimensionality to ‘create a new civil right’. While strategic voting and dimension manipulation were necessary for passing the bill, these maneuvers limited the national government’s ability to advance racial equality. The 1957 Civil Rights Act’s deficiencies demonstrated a continued need for stronger civil rights protections.