The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a significant piece of legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Assuring that all residents had equal access to public facilities including restaurants, hotels, and schools, as well as helping to put an end to the practice of segregation in the United States, made it essential to the advancement of our society. Additionally, the Act reinforced minority groups' voting rights, making it more challenging for states to restrict their ability to cast ballots.
The signing of this bill helped to ensure that all Americans have equal access to opportunities and resources. For example, the chance to receive an equal education, the chance to use public facilities on an equal basis, the opportunity to vote, and the right to fair housing policies. As Rick Perstein stated in the video, “it completely unravels the entire social system of segregation in the South, the very foundation upon which the “Southern way of life” is
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This important revolution in history helped to build a legal regulation that has been used to provide protection to other marginalized groups such as women and people with disabilities. It is surprising that people were at an uproar with this bill. In the video, Hodding Carter III expressed some of the sentiments white people may have been feeling when this was signed. The fact that it helped not only Black people, but everybody who could be discriminated against, and it was still argued against, seems very strange. It also served as a model for other federal civil rights laws and served as a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and the ongoing struggle for racial