FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Detailed explanation-1: -1968: President Johnson signs the Indian Civil Rights Act.
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rights of nonreservation Indians are guaranteed under the Federal Constitution; those of reservation Indians are guaranteed under the 1968 Indian Bill of Rights. Most of these constitutional rights protect persons against unfair or discriminatory acts of Federal and State government officials.
Detailed explanation-4: -By signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in the East Room of the White House, President Johnson helped eliminate voting discrimination against African Americans. The act also abolished racial discrimination in public facilities and in public education.
Detailed explanation-5: -This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.