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After the Civil War ,a couple of amendments abolished slavery

Meaning that all slaves were now citizens

As well as allowing all men to be able to vote regardless of race

Even though slavery had been abolished , a set of laws were set up to keep African Americans in check,such as the Jim Crow Laws supported by the Ku Klux Klan(KKK)

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What led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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What led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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After Decades of segragation there was no civil rights act in place

Finally in 1957 , a civil rights section had been established and three years later congress had helped blacks register to vote however both of these bills were extremely watered down

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Finally after all these years , John F Kennedy ,who entered the white house in 1961 ,had proposed a Civil Rights legislation and said that "will not fully be free until all of its citizens are free"

Once the Act had been put in place ,it forbade the use of federal funds for discrimitory programs.

As well as the Commission of Civil Rights had prohibited the unequal application of voting Requirements.

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Mlk said that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is "second emancipation"

The Civil Rights Act had expanded and brought disabled ,the enderly , and women under its umbrella

The Act also paved the way for Voting Rights Act of 1965 as well as the Fair Housing Act of 1968

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