Argument Against The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

African Americans had been technically free since December 6, 1865, when slaver had been abolished in the United States. However they were discriminated against heavily throughout the whole country, especially in the south. The discrimination included African Americans having to attend different schools, drink out of different drinking fountains, sit in the back of buses, and general acceptance of treating them as lesser people. Then on July 2, 1964, everything changed. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, it made it illegal to discriminate against any one based on their "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Although people didn't immediately start thinking of them any different, the bill had laid down the ground work for the path to racial equality in america.

Kennedy on June 11th 1963, when president Kennedy was assassinated, his successor linden B. Jonson continued to press the bill in congress. The bill met a large amount of opposition in the refinement stages, one congress member who was against the bill submitted and amendment that would also make it illegal to discriminate against woman. He hoped this amendment would kill the bill, however it passed and made it to the final version that was later ratified. Passing the bill had many challenges, once it had been first approved by the house it was put in holding by the rules committee, who said that they had no intentions of ever letting it out to be voted on. When it was evident that president Johnson would gather the needed signatures to bring it out of the rules committee, it was approved normally. However because it had been in the rules committee so long it had to be passed by the house a second time. there was just as much opposition as before, however it was passed