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The Civil Rights Act

The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was indicator legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, but the issue that would be the main focus of this paper would be the issue on race and color. Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, segregation in the United States was commonly practiced in many of the southern states and Border States. Blacks in the South were discriminated against repeatedly while laws did nothing to protect their individual rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ridded the nation of this legal segregation and cleared a path towards equality and integration. The passage of this Act, while forever altering the relationship between blacks and whites, remains as one of history’s greatest political battles. As we can see this Act arose in the name of racial discrimination and other forms of discrimination.
The Issue was addressed by the president who was John F. Kennedy; he......


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