USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination by places of public accommodation if their operations affected commerce. The Heart of Atlanta Motel in Atlanta, Georgia, refused to accept Black Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Decision. The Supreme Court decided 9-0 to affirm the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Justice Tom Clark delivered the opinion of the court, joined by Justices Earl Warren, William Brennan, Byron White, Potter Stewart, Tom Clark, and John Harlan.

Detailed explanation-3: -credit: Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights bill into law in a White House ceremony.

Detailed explanation-4: -The landmark Supreme Court case involving Civil Rights under the Commerce Clause is Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, decided December 14, 1964. The Supreme Court held that the government could enjoin private businesses from discriminating on the basis of race under the Commerce Clause.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing.