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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Danielle Endler Human Resources 4050‚ Spring 2013 Semester Professor David Penkrot May 3‚ 2013 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered by some to be one of the most important laws in American history. (The Most Important Cases‚ Speeches‚ Laws & Documents in American History) This Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2‚ 1964 and it is a “comprehensive federal statute aimed at reducing discrimination in public accommodations and employment

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    THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 I was not born until after Martin Luther King had died. Born in 1968‚ I didn’t know African Americans were treated as second class citizens. The Civil Rights Movement was ongoing and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was being enforced. Unlike my parents‚ aunts and grandparents‚ when I got older I only heard of the Civil Rights Movement and Act of 1964 in school‚ and did not know that I was reaping the benefits from it until I was old enough to understand. Unlike

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    Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ segregation in the United States was commonly practiced in many of the Southern and Border States. This segregation while supposed to be separate but equal‚ was hardly that. Blacks in the South were discriminated against repeatedly while laws did nothing to protect their individual rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ridded the nation of this legal segregation and cleared a path towards equality and integration. The passage of this Act‚ while forever altering

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    segregated‚ government profiled them and they were often being oppressed and discriminated for being themselves. While many people ignored these problems it was in the 1950s that they stood up for themselves and proved they were more than what they were seen as. These conflicts led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in order to point out these conflicts that were faced by these people throughout their lives which resulted in a compromise of the ending of

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    Why was the civil Rights Act of 1964 passed? The most important factor that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the March on Washington‚ which showed the strength of support both from the media and white Americans. Although this campaign was the most significant‚ the other factors and their significance cannot be overlooked as it was a combination of all factors that led to this historic legislation. The March on Washington was a significant factor in the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights

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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on July 2‚ 1964 in Washington D.C. It ended discrimination based on race‚ color‚ and religion. Since Reconstruction‚ it is often called the most important U.S. law on civil rights. This law allowed the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation. Title VI of the act banned the use of federal funds for segregated programs and schools. In 1964 only Tennessee and Texas had more than

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964 RJDT Task 1 Mary Bristol Western Governors University A. Constructive Discharge In constructive discharge an employee resigns when they have been subjected to unlawful discrimination. The employee in this case was employed before the change in policy in shift work. Before the policy change‚ the production shifts were Monday to Friday. With the new policy the production team works a rotating shift schedule where at times the schedule rotates to work on Saturday

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    Civil Rights Act 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits the legal discrimination of any one person for any reason another person may come up with. The whole Civil Rights Act was based on one document entry that summarizes the entire Civil Rights Act of 1964 in one sentence: "To enforce the constitutional right to vote‚ to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations‚ to authorize the Attorney General

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    contrast of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to that of 1964 “The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow” (Aberjhani‚ “Aberjhani Quotes‚” brainyquotes.com). This quote by Aberjhani‚ né Jeffery J. Lloyd‚ expressively sums up how the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 altered the American thought process in regards to the African American. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination

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    The 1964 civil rights act; Why did he sign? Could the desire‚ to gain political power‚ be enough to cause a respected‚ good hearted‚ political model‚ like Lyndon B. Johnson‚ to throw their morals at the window in order to win an election? Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was hard-working committed politician from a small‚ humble place in central texas who found his way from a teaching mexican-american students‚ grades 5th‚ 6th‚ and 7th in Cotulla‚ Texas (“Politics or Principle” 405) to the U

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