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Argument Against The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

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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. …show more content…

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

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On July 02, 1964 , Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibited against people discriminating against another because of their skin color , so everybody was treated equally. L.B.J he became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963 and L.B.J took office the next day. He finished what J.F.K wanted and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Political means some did it for votes or for something and principle means the person did something because it was the right thing to do. Why did L.B.J sign it was, it a political decision or was it a principle decision?

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Originally, African Americans had to be segregated and weren’t even allowed to vote. In 1965 after the Montgomery March, Lyndon B Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act, and later in 1968 both the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Fourteenth Amendment were passed. The Fourteenth Amendmendment said that “all persons born of naturalized in the United States” could legally vote. These acts got rid of literacy tests, and in 1968, when Nixon became president (Document H), there was over two times the amount of African American voters than there was in 1960 (Document G). African Americans also gained large support from a president, John F. Kennedy, which wasn’t something anyone had expected looking back at how past presidents acted.

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Before the American Civil War happened close to four million African-Americans were slaves. At the turn of the century the Naturalization Act of 1970 allowed only white men to vote. After the Civil War the thirteenth (1865), fourteenth (1868) and fifteenth (1870) amendments were passed, allowing African-American males to vote and have citizenship, which also led to ending slavery. Even after the ending of slavery, there were still some white men who tried to keep white supremacy alive thereby dehumanizing and alienating African-Americans from the mainstream of people. Even after African-Americans were given all their rights, there were still problems with racial segregation.

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“I saw over twelve colored men and women, beat, shot and hung between there and Shreveport,” former slave Henry Adams writes. After the Civil War, the legal institution of slavery was abolished unless used as a just punishment. Additionally, these “freedmen” were naturalized and made citizens of the United States which allegedly granted them equal protections, whatever color or race, would have; and, they were granted black male suffrage. Some may argue that African Americans were free after the Civil War for the obvious reasons of a document stating so. However, African Americans were not free post-Antebellum era because they were deprived of their rights as “Americans citizens” through the institution Black Codes and the continuation of

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The African Americans were “free” but were still being treated like slaves. They were given rights but had them taken away and were working for very little pay which was unfair compared to how whites were working for more. The blacks couldn’t even own a house or even rent unless they worked for a white man. They couldn’t even work unless it was for some white person or former owner. This is why reconstruction in the south after the civil war was a big

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Although slavery was declared over after the passing of the thirteenth amendment, African Americans were not being treated with the respect or equality they deserved. Socially, politically and economically, African American people were not being given equal opportunities as white people. They had certain laws directed at them, which held them back from being equal to their white peers. They also had certain requirements, making it difficult for many African Americans to participate in the opportunity to vote for government leaders. Although they were freed from slavery, there was still a long way to go for equality through America’s reconstruction plan.

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This act did not put an end to discrimination but opened doors to further progress. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was first proposed on June 11, 1963, by President John F. Kennedy and proceeded all the way to the rules committee. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy’s vision of the future and his hope to end African American segregation ended when was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Civil Rights were needed in the United States but most civil rights leaders were frightened that the death of Kennedy would put an end to the movement to equality. Following his death, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson had a choice to make, that choice was to make African Americans equal in their own states and push the bill through

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Throughout American history, African Americans have struggled for their rights as citizens of the US. A famous published author, Jill Karson stated, “Many consider the civil rights movement to have begun not in the 1950's, but when African Americans were first brought in chains, centuries earlier to American shore.” Regrettably, African Americans had failed to achieve social, economic, and political equality for 100 years after the Civil War; it was not until Lyndon B Johnson’s Civil Rights Legislator in 1964 when segregation became prohibited. As early from the Reconstruction period, black Americans have fought for liberty and showed a strong demand for their civil rights; such effort was led by the foundation of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Civil Rights Legislation. His Civil Rights Legislation did not only a strong desire to end segregation, but also fought against many social injustices such as unfair wages, job opportunities, in addition to diminishing racism.

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It was 1954 when the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. In response to the decision of Supreme Court, civil rights protests increased steeply and spread throughout the nation. Eventually, civil right issue became a crucial issue in the election of 1960. Responding to the demand of African American for the civil right, two important figures, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson called for the right of African American, as presidents of U.S (Civil Right). John F. Kennedy is one who initially proposed the Civil Right Act in the Congress.

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The Civil Right Act of 1964 was a “piece of legislation that outlawed discrimination on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin in public accommodations” (Beckman). The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was involved with, was instrumental in the passing of this act. President Lyndon B. Johnson, after Kings great march to Washington, was urge to protect the African-Americans citizens as if they were any other citizens of America. However, very few people know about the struggles that happened after the Civil Right Act of 1964; the desegregation that happened after the country thought equality had finally been reached. When a majority of people think about the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the remember

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Before July of 1964 segregation was still commonly practiced in the America, especially in the southern states. Even though it was supposed to be separate but equal, it was far from that. But the Civil Rights Act got rid of this legal segregation. It opened the path to equality amongst blacks and whites but ended up being one of the most controversial debates in America.

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Post Civil War, African Americans started to gain rights to gain rights, and soon gain rights equal to whites. While there were some people/things standing in their way (KKK, Black Codes), in the end they got what they needed; Equality. Many acts and laws were passed to aid the new rights now held by African Americans, as well as the numerous people willing to help. New Amendments were added to give African Americans rights after the war, all giving them some equal rights to whites. The first of the three added was the Thirteenth Amendment, it gave African Americans freedom from slave owners, and stated that no one could be kept as a slave in the U.S..

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President Kennedy knew that he was responsible for changing these statistics and decided that creating of an act was necessary to do so. John F. Kennedy realized that things were getting out of hand after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the murder of Medgar Evers. After his death, President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed office and was in charge of shepherding the bill that would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Johnson had been a loyal liberal and was known to vote on what was popular, but knew that he would gain more supporters through the completion of the bill. With the help of new supporters, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had a political impact on the United States, allowing Lyndon B. Johnson to win the presidential election against Barry Goldwater in 1964.

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