The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places. It also banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was considered one of the greatest legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. This act was originally proposed by President John F Kennedy and then when he was assassinated it was signed into law by his successor Lyndon B Johnson.
Before the Civil Rights Act was signed into law in 1964 the U.S. Congress established a civil rights section of the Justice Department in 1957. President John F Kennedy while he was in office said that the United States "will not fully be free until all of its citizens are free." The Civil Rights Act would eventually later expand to bring the disabled, the elderly and women in collegiate athletics under it.
President LBJ (Lyndon B Johnson) signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with at least seventy-five pens, which he handed out to congressional supporters of the bill such as Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen and civil rights leaders such as MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.) and Roy Wilkins.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon B Johnson on August 6, 1965. This act aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their legal right to vote under the fifteenth amendment. The Civil Rights Act of 1965 is considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.
Before the Voting Rights Act was signed African Americans who attempted to vote often were told by election officials that they had gotten the date or time or polling place wrong. They were also often told that they possessed insufficient literacy skills or that they had filled out an application incorrectly. The Southern states had been known to force blacks to recite the entire Constitution or explain the most complex provisions of state laws.
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 banned the use of literacy tests. It also provided for federal oversight of voter registration in areas where less than 50% of the nonwhite population had not registered to vote. This act also authorized the U.S. attorney general to investigate the use of poll taxes in state and local elections.
Citations:
"Civil Rights Act." History Channel. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 29 Nov. 2015.
"Voting Rights Act." History Channel. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 29 Nov. 2015.
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