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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. 

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. 

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Three Things :
1. MLK assassination riots
2. AKA Fair Housing Act
3. Expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and sex.

Quote:
“We have come some of the way, not near all of it. There is much yet to do.”
- President Lyndon B. Johnson

- Kerner Commissions
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- April 11, 1968
- Washington DC
- MLK assassination

How is it important today :
- Affirmative Action programs are making special efforts to hire or enroll minorities.

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In an address to a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson requested quick action on a civil rights bill.

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Two Rioters in the city streets fighting for honor for MLK and true equality. 

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Feb 1965 - A group of multiracial Congressional delegation traveled to Selma, Alabama to observe voter registration efforts. 

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President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law in Washington DC April 11, 1968

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Three Things / W's / How :
- used the packet (Chapter 29 section 3)
- Separate Is Not Equal packet
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/epilogue.html#:~:text=The%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20of,protections%20against%20racially%20motivated%20violence.
https://otecorporation.com/portfolio/civil-rights-act-1968/
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/aboutfheo/history#:~:text=The%201968%20Act%20expanded%20on,Housing%20Act%20(of%201968).

Pictures :
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/summer/civil-rights-act
https://history.house.gov/Education/NHD/NHD-Civil-Rights/
https://otecorporation.com/portfolio/civil-rights-act-1968/
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-marks-50th-anniversary-fair-housing-act-1968

Quote :
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-marks-50th-anniversary-fair-housing-act-1968