The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85â315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.is speech set the record for a Senate filibuster. The bill passed the House with a vote of 285 to 126 (Republicans 167â19 for, Democrats 118â107 for) and the Senate 72 to 18 (Republicans 43â0 for, Democrats 29â18 for). President Eisenhower signed it on September 9, 1957.
The current mayor of Alvin, Texas, is Paul Horn. Alvin is located in Brazoria County and was incorporated in 1893.
Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the HoustonâThe WoodlandsâSugar Land metropolitan area and Brazoria County.As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 24,236.ccording to the United States Census Bureau, Alvin has a total area of 25.6 square miles (66.4 km 2), of which 24.3 square miles (62.9 km 2) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.5 km 2), or 5.26%, is water. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 24,236 people, with a population density of 1,475 people per square mile.