Watch afterwards tonight at 9 00 p. M. On cspan2s book tv. September marks the 50th anniversary of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, signed into law by president Dwight Eisenhower. Up next on American History tv, director of the eisenhower president ial library and offered David Nichols talk about president eisenhowers role in getting the legislation through congress. They also challenge myths around president eisenhowers civil rights legacy, the u. S. Commission on civil rights posted this event. It is 45 minutes. Presentation scheduled for today. President eisenhowers civil rights legacy and a creation of the u. S. Commission on civil rights. 1957,tember 9, president Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the u. S. Commission on civil rights. This legislation was the first major civil rights legislation since the reconstruction era, creating but this commission and United States department of Justice Civil Rights Division. The law was a testament to the