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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark for civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.  It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public

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The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Explained | This Day Forward | msnbc

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Equal rights for voters

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Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist based in Houston where he works for "The Huston Chronicle". In addition to the Pulitzer-Prize, Anderson has been awarded with the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award (2000), National Press Foundation's Berryman Award (2011), and the John Fischetti Award from Columbia College in Chicago (1999 and 2012). read more

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Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist based in Houston where he works for "The Huston Chronicle". In addition to the Pulitzer-Prize, Anderson has been awarded with the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award (2000), National Press Foundation's Berryman Award (2011), and the John Fischetti Award from Columbia College in Chicago (1999 and 2012).

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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 Charlie in 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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Civil Rights organizations were believed to be infiltrated by communists.

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The 14th & 15th amendment. The duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the 14th amendment and its duty to protect voting rights under the 15th amendment were being violated during this time period.

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Assassinated in November of 1963. Served as the 35th President of the United States from 1961-1963. Started the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but was left to Lyndon B. Johnson because of him being assassinated.

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MLK was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights  using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. His "I Have A Dream" speech went worldwide and is very popular today. MLK was later assassinated at Lorraine Motel in Memphis , Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Also, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

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Court Cases: Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc v Unites States

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Court Cases: Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc v Unites States

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Facts of Case: Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination by places of public accommodation if their operations affected commerce. The Heart of Atlanta Motel in Atlanta, Georgia, refused to accept Black Americans and was charged with violating Title II.
Conclusion: The Court thus concluded that places of public accommodation had no "right" to select guests as they saw fit, free from governmental regulation.

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Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with at least 75 pens. He handed it out to congressional supporters of the bill. 36th President of the United States from 1963-1969.