The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 1 views
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
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the Court held that racial segregation purported to be "separate but equal" was constitutional.
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The Civil Rights Act was eventually expanded by Congress to strengthen enforcement of these fundamental civil Rights.
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The changes strengthened President Kennedy's original proposal in response to the tumultuous summer of 1963,which saw several incidents of racially motivated violence across the South. The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation on October 26, 1963, and formally reported it to the full House on November 20, 1963, just two days before President Kennedy was assassinated. On November 27, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson asserted his commitment to President Kennedy's legislative agenda, particularly civil rights legislation. The House of Representatives passed a final version of the Civil rights Act on February 10, 1964.
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Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield filed a procedural motion to prevent the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Senator Edward Kennedy, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dedicated his first speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate to the consideration of the Civil Rights Act.
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The Civil Rights Act paved the way for future anti-discrimination legislation, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965.