This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The long-debated and filibustered act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in ...
Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation's most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 19, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was ...
July 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution for independence from Britain. In 1788, it was announced in the U.S. Congress that the ...
WASHINGTON — On this day in 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a groundbreaking bill that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, religion, ...
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When large bipartisan majorities of ...
Limited Civil Rights Acts were passed in in 1957 and 1960. As a result of the 1957 Act, the United States Commission on Civil Rights was created. The act had the longest filibuster in US Senate ...
July 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution for independence from Britain. In 1788, it was announced in the U.S. Congress that the ...
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