PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Fairness
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Civil Rights
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Equality
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Anti-Discrimination
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy defined the civil rights crisis as moral, as well as constitutional and legal. He announced that major civil rights legislation would be submitted to the Congress to guarantee equal access to public facilities, to end segregation in education, and to provide federal protection of the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his speech, he called civil rights not just a constitutional and legal issue, but a moral one as well. On June 19, 1963 he submitted a comprehensive bill for the Civil Rights Act of 1963 to Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights bill into law in a White House ceremony.