With the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 right around the corner, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts released an infographic illustrating the increase of civil rights-related case filings in the decades since.

The first 20 years following the act’s passing saw a steady increase to some 20,000 cases before experiencing a plateau in the mid-1980s.

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