On July 2, 1964, life in the United States would change. On that particular date in America, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would be passed. The Act would be the starting point for another America like the first domino falling on a domino line. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a standout amongst the most noteworthy occasions in U.S. law on civil rights since Reconstruction, the period from 1865 through 1877 that took after the American Civil War which endeavors were made to settle political, social, monetary, and enslavement issues, and is a sign of the American Civil rights movement. It was the act in which segregation in schools, open, and working environments ended based on the discrimination of race, color, …show more content…
Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights leader and minister, reacted to the Act of 1964 by saying that it was only the "second emancipation". The act likewise influenced the government's’ perspective on civil rights since it made ready for two noteworthy laws. The first law was the Voting Rights Acts of 1965, which prohibited literacy tests and discrimination in black voters. The second law was the Fair Housing Act of 1968 which disallowed segregation on leasing and offering property with respect to race, sex, gender, or religion. In 1964, the government needed people in general to submit to the Civil Rights Act, so the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was framed. The EEOC ensured that all Americans had the privilege to work at no particular activity and that businesses couldn't segregate the employees. The Act additionally affected the instruction of African Americans, since they were never again isolated, they could now go to better schools that used predominantly white. The act enabled Americans to enhance their training and profession. There were no more barriers that denied them to pursue their …show more content…
The act was one of the most important legislative acts ever to be passed in the history of the United States. The act was originally proposed by president John F. Kennedy and was ratified during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. It was the act that ended discrimination and segregation for the gender, race, color, or religious beliefs. Even though, the act was the starting point to a new America some Americans debated on whether the act should even be passed because they believed that African Americans were less of a person compared to them. The act took much effort because not everyone agreed. All though, the struggle to end racism was still going, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a massive step forward to the end of