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This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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(August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned racial discrimination in public facilities and in any business or institution receiving federal funds. Once the Law was put into practice, its effects were far-reaching and had a huge long-term impact throughout the country. Discrimination was prohibited in public schools, in government, and in employment, invalidating the laws of Jim Crow in the southern United States.

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(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

Was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.

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(August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981)
was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930's to the 1970's. In 1967, Wilkins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon Johnson. During his tenure, the NAACP led the nation into the Civil Rights movement and spearheaded the efforts that led to significant civil rights victories, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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January 1964

President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” during his State of the Union address

March 1964

LeRoi Jones (later known as Amiri Baraka) premiered his one-act play Dutchman in New York City, and later founded the Black Arts Repertory Theatre School in Harlem, ushering in the Black Arts Theater Movement

April 1964

James Baldwin premiered his three-act play Blues for Mister Charliein New York City, inspired by the Emmett Till murder

June 1964

Mississippi Freedom Summer, a voter education and registration project, began

June 1964

Civil rights workers James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman abducted and murdered in Mississippi

July 1964

Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

August 1964

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 enacted, which established Head Start, Upward Bound, VISTA, Job Corps, and other programs

August 1964

Democratic National Convention refused to seat the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation

December 1964

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), was established  in April 1960 at Shaw University. Throughout the civil rights movement, SNCC organizers worked throughout the South planning sit-ins, voter registration drives and protests.
2. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Leaders of the organization applied the principles of nonviolence as a strategy against oppression. The organization developed and participated in national campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement such as the March on Washington and Freedom Rides.
3. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),  has more than 500,000 members who work  locally and nationally to “to “ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality for all, and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.”
4. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Closely associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. the SCLC was established in 1957 following the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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-People used methods such as making speeches in front of the White House declaring segregation to be wrong.
Some individuals would do
-"Freedom Rides" in which black and white people would ride the bus in a integrated fashion
- bus boycotts
-March on Washington

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This act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and employment; authorized the attorney general to bring school desegregation suits and the federal government to withdraw funds from schools and other governmental entities receiving federal funds if they discriminated; and provided enhanced enforcement mechanisms for protecting civil and voting rights

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This cartoon explains how Lyndon Johnson trying to get legislation on Civil Rights to the Supreme Court in order to deal with the problem of civil rights

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKyEREursGs