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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor...
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  • Civil Rights Act may refer to several acts of the United States Congress, including: Civil Rights Act of 1866, extending the rights of emancipated slaves...
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    The Act represented the first effort since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify some of the basic procedural and substantive rights provided...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The...
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    B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1960 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) is a United States federal law that established...
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    Housing Act, which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (This is different legislation than the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: Civil Rights Act of 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, reenacted...
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    The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, or Grove City Bill, is a United States legislative act that specifies that entities receiving federal funds must...
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  • Civil Rights Act of 1960 "Transcript of Civil Rights Act (1964)". Retrieved July 28, 2012. "U.S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Civil Rights Act of...
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    legislation that authorized oversight and enforcement of civil rights laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly banned all discrimination based on race...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases...
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    Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began...
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    Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during...
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    the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement. Eds. Collier. Thomas, Bettye and V.P. Franklin. (New York: NYU press, 2001), 83–91. "Civil Rights Act of 1964". Archived...
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    The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), or Public Act 453 of 1976, which went into effect in 1977, originally prohibited discrimination in Michigan...
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  • 2018. "Civil Rights Act of 1964Zwebsite=Finduslaw.com". Retrieved October 30, 2014. Loevy, Robert. "A Brief History of the Civil Rights Act of 1964". Retrieved...
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    he won passage of a major tax cut, the Clean Air Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the 1964 election, Johnson passed even more sweeping reforms...
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  • 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of a series of events during the civil rights movement in the United States which occurred on June 18, 1964,...
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  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2014. It was authorized by an act of congress, Pub...
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  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were monumental, legally prohibiting racial discrimination and securing voting rights for...
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  • subject to criticism. During Reconstruction, Congress had passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which entitled everyone to access accommodation, public transport...
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    enforces the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968 the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended through 2006 the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974...
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    contracting, and public education. Modeled on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the California Civil Rights Initiative was authored by two California academics...
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    The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 (H.R. 14) is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis. The...
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    programs, collectively known as Great Society, and his passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Goldwater espoused a low-tax, small-government philosophy with...
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  • long-stalled tax cut facilitated efforts to move ahead on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stated goals of the tax cuts were to raise personal incomes...
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    orientation and age. This legislation has the same goals as the US Civil Rights Act 1964 and four major EU equal treatment directives, whose provisions it...
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    1964 United States presidential election. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
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