History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1983 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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The idea
On July second, nineteen sixty-four, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, barring discrimination in public accommodations and in employment, the National Archives records.
In practice
Southern restaurants and hotels opening to Black patrons within weeks, Digital History records.
Where people slip
The anchor calls it the most sweeping civil rights law Congress had yet passed. Its employment title returns in this unit's women's movement.
Your place on the trail
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