Civil Rights Act of 1964
By: Clare, Caleb, Austin, and Matthew
This Act...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 took place at the White House in the United States. The act was signed on July 2, 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson who took part in the act after the assasination of John F. Kennedy.
Leaders in the Act
John F. Kennedy- president when it started
Lyndon B. Johnson- president during signing
Martin Luther King- led speeches and protests against segregation
Rosa Parks- refuses to give up her seat, abolishinist
What was the goal of this act?
This act was signed to law to prevent segregation and discrimination against minorities living in the United States. The amount of segregation and violence toward minorities was supposed to decline.
Events leading up to this...
1955- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
1957-Little Rock Nine
1963- Martin Luther King goes to jail and African Americans are beaten publicy
Mark on Washington
Four African American American girls are killed by a bomb
John F. Kennedy is assassinated
1964- Johnson signs the act
These events and more caused the act to be passed because of the violence, the major discrimination, and the way segregation was getting out of hand. The government passed this law for minorities to regain their civil rights, the 14th amendment.
What does this act do?
The act lessened racial restrictions on the use of public facilities, providing more job oppurtunities, strenthening voting laws, and limiting federal funding of disriminatory aid programs.
This event changed life for African Americans by having more interactions in their lives with white people, such as at school and work. African Americans realized that they are capable of what white people are capable of. This event also changed African Americans lives because they could now go to the same public facilties as white people.
Support/Oppose
Many people, such as Lyndon B. Jonhson and John F. Kennedy, supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They believed that just because of race/color, religion, minority, and sex that people should not be descriminated against and treated unequally- which they believed would fix this. Many white supported the act lessening racial restrictions on public facilitlies, providing more job oppurtunities, strengthening voting laws, and limiting federal funding of discrimintory aid programs. Yet, African Americans did not support the act entirely. They felt that the act did not go far enough, that people would still disobey the law. Ofcourse, some white people did not support the act. The most common complaint of whites was that African Americans were pushing "too hard" and "too fast" for equality.
How does this effect the Civil Rights Movement?
This event contributed to the civil rights movement as a whole by being the first major act and to start the movement. It was an important tribute because it prohibited racial discrimination in employment and bussiness.
How does this lead to future events?
This leads to future events by African Americans and whites having to interact more with each other. African Americans will most likely push more and more to be just like whites.