PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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protect impoverished groups by banning the poll tax.
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implement affirmative action programs at the federal level.
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issue federal grants to businesses owned by minorities and women.
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prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After Kennedy’s assassination in November, President Lyndon Johnson pressed hard, with the support of Roy Wilkins and Clarence Mitchell, to secure the bill’s passage the following year. In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was only after years of highly publicized civil rights demonstrations, marches, and violence that American political leaders acted to enforce these rights. President John F. Kennedy proposed the initial civil rights act.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.