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Summary of the impact of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

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In 1964 Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241), popularly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The word "sex" was added at the last moment. According to the West Encyclopedia of American Law, Representative Howard W. Smith (D-VA) added the word. His critics argued that Smith, a conservative Southern opponent of Federal civil rights, did so to kill the entire bill (a so-called "poison pill" amendment). Smith, however, argued that he had amended the bill in keeping with his support of Alice Paul and the National Women's Party with whom he had been working. Martha W. Griffiths (D-MI) led the effort to keep the word "sex" in the bill.

In the final legislation, Section 703 (a) made it unlawful for an employer to "fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges or employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." The final bill also allowed sex to be a consideration when sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job.

Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the law. Further laws expanded the role of the EEOC. Today, it enforces Federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. This discrimination protection applies to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits.

The proposals to add each protected class unleashed furious debate. But no words stimulated the passion of the debate more than "affirmative action." As the West Encyclopedia of American Law defines the term, affirmative action "refers to both mandatory and voluntary programs intended to affirm the civil rights of designated classes of individuals by taking positive action to protect them" from discrimination. The issue for most Americans is fairness: Should the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment be used to advance the liberty of one class of individuals for good reasons when that action may infringe on the liberty of another?

The EEOC, as an independent regulatory body, plays a major role in dealing with this issue. Since its creation in 1964, Congress has gradually extended EEOC powers to include investigatory authority - creating conciliation programs, filing lawsuits, and conducting voluntary assistance programs. While the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not mention the words "affirmative action," it did authorize the bureaucracy to makes rules to help end discrimination. The EEOC has done so.

Today the regulatory authority of the EEOC includes enforcing a range of Federal statutes prohibiting employment discrimination. According to the EEOC website, these include:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;

the Pregnancy Discrimination Act that amended Title VII to make it illegal to discriminate against a woman because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth;

the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and its amendments, that prohibits employment discrimination against individuals 40 years of age or older;

the Equal Pay Act of 1963 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in compensation for substantially similar work under similar conditions;

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of disability in both the public and private sector, excluding the Federal government;

the Civil Rights Act of 1991 that provides for monetary damages in case of intentional discrimination; and

Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, that prohibit employment discrimination against Federal employees with disabilities.

Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 forbade gender discrimination in education programs, including athletics that received Federal dollars.

Presidents have also weighed in, employing a series of executive orders. The first use of the phrase "affirmative action" in an executive order appeared in March 1961, when President John F. Kennedy signed E.O. 10925. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered all executive agencies to require Federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." A 1969 executive order required that every level of Federal service offer equal opportunities for women, and established a program to implement that action. President Richard Nixon's Department of Labor adopted a plan requiring Federal contractors to assess their employees to identify gender and race and to set goals to end any under-representation of women and minorities. By the 1990s Democratic and Republican administrations had taken a variety of actions that resulted in 160 different affirmative action Federal programs. State and local governments followed suit.

The courts also addressed affirmative action. In addition to dealing with race, color, creed, and age, from the 1970s forward, the court dealt with gender questions. It voided arbitrary weight and height requirements ( Dothard v. Rawlinson), erased mandatory pregnancy leaves ( Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur), allowed public employers to use carefully constructed affirmative action plans to remedy specific past discrimination that resulted in women and minorities being under-represented in the workplace ( Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County), and upheld state and local laws prohibiting gender discrimination.

By the late 1970s all branches of the Federal government and most state governments had taken at least some action to fulfill the promise of equal protection under the law. The EEOC served as the agent of implementation and complaint. Its activism divided liberals and conservatives, illuminating their differing views about the proper scope of government. In general, political liberals embraced the creation of the EEOC as the birth of a Federal regulatory authority that could promote the goal of equality by designing policies to help the historically disadvantaged, including women and minorities. In contrast, political conservatives saw the EEOC as a violation of their belief in fewer government regulations and fewer Federal policies. To them, creating a strong economy, free from government intervention, would produce gains that would benefit the historically disadvantaged. Even the non-ideological segment of the American population asked: What should government do, if anything, to ensure equal protection under the law?

In 2016, the EEOC collected $482.1 million dollars in financial benefits and resolved over 97,000 charges of discrimination.
This text was adapted from an article written by Linda Simmons, an associate professor at Northern Virginia Community College in Manassas, VA.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In 1964 Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241), popularly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The word "sex" was added at the last moment.

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Educational Videos for Students (Cartoons on Bullying, Leadership & More)

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Civil Rights Movement Cartoon: Watch this Civil Rights Movement for Children Cartoon (Black History)

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Under Public Law 110-451, the Secretary of the Treasury will mint and issue commemorative silver dollars to mark the semi-centennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The silver dollars will carry a maximum mintage of 350,000 pieces and may be issued only during the period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014.

The authorizing legislation indicates that the designs for the silver dollar "shall be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America." The coins are required to carry the inscriptions "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "United States of America", "E Pluribus Unum", the date "1964", and an indication of the face value. Surcharges collected through the sale of commemorative coins are to be distributed to the United Negro College Fund to carry out the purposes of the Fund.

At a meeting held on July 18, 2013, the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) was given the opportunity to review 15 different obverse and and 10 different reverse design candidates provided by the United States Mint. The final designs for the commemorative coin will be selected by the Treasury of the Secretary, weighing the recommendations and comments of the CFA and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

For the obverse, the CFA recommended alternative #15 which features three people holding hands at a civil rights march with one man carrying a sign reading "We shall overcome". This image is intended to be symbolic of all marches that helped to galvanize the civil rights movement.

The CFA did make some suggestions for modifications to the design, including reducing the text of "Liberty" and adjusting the composition to remove the protestor's sign from the coin's edge. They also supported a recommendation conveyed on behalf of the United Negro College Fund to increase the diversity of the people depicted.

For the reverse, the CFA recommended alternative #8 featuring a graduation cap and tassel. This design is intended to represent the initial thrust of the civil rights movement when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine with Brown v. Board of Education. The inscriptions "Freedom", "Justice", and "Equality" are used to indicate the cornerstone of the Civil Rights Act, which is that all should be treated equal regardless of race, color, religion, or nation origin. The partial quote "...for All of God's Children" is in reference to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

While the CFA had cited this design as carrying the strongest theme, they did request as the substantial simplification of the competing graphic elements in the overly complex design.

The complete set of 15 obverse and 10 reverse design candidates provided by the United States Mint for the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollar are shown below.
Obverse Design Candidates

Reverse Design Candidates

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CFA Reviews Designs for 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Silver Dollar

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Under Public Law 110-451, the Secretary of the Treasury will mint and issue commemorative silver dollars to mark the semi-centennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The silver dollars will carry a maximum mintage of 350,000 pieces and may be issued only during the period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014.

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50th Anniversary of The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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July 2, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act of 1964 becoming law after a 289-to-125 vote by the House of Representatives. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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In an 11 June 1963 speech broadcast live on national television and radio, President John F. Kennedy unveiled plans to pursue a comprehensive civil rights bill in Congress, stating, "This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free" ("President Kennedy's Radio-TV Address," 970). King congratulated Kennedy on his speech, calling it "one of the most eloquent, profound and unequivocal pleas for justice and the freedom of all men ever made by any president" (King, 11 June 1963).

The earlier Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first law addressing the legal rights of African Americans passed by Congress since Reconstruction, had established the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department and the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to investigate claims of racial discrimination. Before the 1957 bill was passed Congress had, however, removed a provision that would have empowered the Justice Department to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision. A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders continued to press the major political parties and presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy to enact such legislation and to outlaw segregation. The civil rights legislation that Kennedy introduced to Congress on 19 June 1963 addressed these issues, and King advocated for its passage.

In an article published after the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that posed the question, "What next?" King wrote, "The hundreds of thousands who marched in Washington marched to level barriers. They summed up everything in a word-NOW. What is the content of NOW? Everything, not some things, in the President's civil rights bill is part of NOW" (King, "In a Word-Now").

Following Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, King continued to press for the bill as did newly inaugurated President Lyndon B. Johnson. In his 4 January 1964 column in the New York Amsterdam News, King maintained that the legislation was "the order of the day at the great March on Washington last summer. The Negro and his compatriots for self-respect and human dignity will not be denied" (King, "A Look to 1964").

The bill passed the House of Representatives in mid-February 1964, but became mired in the Senate due to a filibuster by southern senators that lasted 75 days. When the bill finally passed the Senate, King hailed it as one that would "bring practical relief to the Negro in the South, and will give the Negro in the North a psychological boost that he sorely needs" (King, 19 June 1964). On 2 July 1964, Johnson signed the new Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law with King and other civil rights leaders present. The law's provisions created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address race and sex discrimination in employment and a Community Relations Service to help local communities solve racial disputes; authorized federal intervention to ensure the desegregation of schools, parks, swimming pools, and other public facilities; and restricted the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration.

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In an 11 June 1963 speech broadcast live on national television and radio, President John F. Kennedy unveiled plans to pursue a comprehensive civil rights bill in Congress, stating, "This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free" ("President Kennedy's Radio-TV Address," 970).

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The primary source documents on this page highlight pivotal moments in the course of American history or government. They are some of the most-viewed and sought-out documents in the holdings of the National Archives.

Revolution and the New Nation

Expansion and Reform

Civil War and Reconstruction

The Development of the Industrial United States

The Emergence of Modern America

The Great Depression and World War II

Postwar United States

A note about the documents included on this page: These documents were originally selected for the project Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives, a national initiative on American history, civics, and service. They were identified to "help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy...These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to 'form a more perfect union.'" The original list included only documents created prior to 1965. In the future, this page will be updated with additional documents created after 1965. The original list also included several documents from the Library of Congress (Federalist Paper No. 10, Federalist Paper No. 51, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address) and the New York Public Library (George Washington's Farewell Address)."

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The primary source documents on this page highlight pivotal moments in the course of American history or government. They are some of the most-viewed and sought-out documents in the holdings of the National Archives.