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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most comprehensive and far-reaching civil rights bill ever passed by the UnitedStates Congress. All of the following were provisions of the bill designed to protect and/or further the rights and opportunities of African Americans and other minority groups with the exception of
A
Segregation illegal in most places of public accommodation.
B
Gave citizens of all races nationalities equal access to facilities (i.e. restaurants, parks, theaters, etc.).
C
Gave Congress more power to bring lawsuits to force school desegregation.
D
required private employers to end discrimination in the workplace.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1963, President John Kennedy asked Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill, induced by massive resistance to desegregation and the murder of Medgar Evers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited racial discrimination. It also ended segregation of school children based on race.

Detailed explanation-3: -Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a milestone in the long struggle to extend civil, political, and legal rights and protections to African Americans, including former slaves and their descendants, and to end segregation in public and private facilities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? It outlawed segregation in public facilities on the basis of race, sex, or national origin.

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