Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act (1964) | National Archives
The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. It banned discriminatory practices in employment and ended ...
Legal Highlight: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia
a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [a] and national origin.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
Civil Rights Act | Summary, Facts, President, & History - Britannica
Civil Rights Act, comprehensive U.S. legislation enacted in 1964 that was intended to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, ...
Landmark Legislation: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Senate.gov
A civil rights bill to end racial discrimination and segregation in public accommodations, public education, and federally assisted programs.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, ...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...
The law's provisions created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address race and sex discrimination in employment and a Community Relations Service.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Department of Justice
It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom | Exhibitions
The law's eleven sections prohibited discrimination in the workplace, public accommodations, public facilities, and agencies receiving federal funds.
Civil Rights Acts (1964, 1968) - Howard University Law Library
It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general ...
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964 | U.S. Department of Labor
Prohibition against exclusion from participation in, denial of benefits of, and discrimination under federally assisted programs on ground of race, color or ...
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The complaining party may recover compensatory and punitive damages as allowed in subsection (b), in addition to any relief authorized by section 706(g) of the ...
U.S. Senate: Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a milestone in the long struggle to extend civil, political, and legal rights and protections to African Americans.
Civil Rights Division - Department of Justice
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and ...
Civil Rights Act of 1957 | Eisenhower Presidential Library
The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
En Español In the 1960s, Americans who knew only the potential of "equal protection of the laws" expected the President, the Congress, ...
8 Key Laws That Advanced Civil Rights | HISTORY
Since the abolishment of slavery, the US government has passed several laws to address discrimination and racism against African Americans.
A Proclamation on the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
A Proclamation on the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act ... Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law one of the most ...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - National Park Service
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access ...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957. The Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in the case of Brown v.
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, or Grove City Bill, is a United States legislative act that specifies that entities receiving federal funds must comply with civil rights legislation in all of their operations, not just in the program or activity that received the funding.
Family Law Reform Act 1969
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 is an act of Parliament amending various aspects of English family law. Amongst other provisions, the act lowered the age of majority from 21 years to 18 years, reformed the property rights of illegitimate children, and empowered civil courts to order blood tests to determine paternity.