Civil Rights Act of 1964 Files, 1968 - 1968

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 Files, 1968 - 1968

1968

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At the request of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, White House aides created the Civil Rights Act Files. The series documents the drafting and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The series also documents the circumstances that led to the drafting of the legislation, the passage of the bill through Congress, and possible further legislative action in the field of civil rights after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This series includes copies of the bill, clippings, correspondence, lists, memorandums, newsletters, notes, press releases, reports, speeches, telegrams, and transcripts.

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United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. . 88–352) outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The bill was called for by President John F. Kennedy in his Report to the American People on Civil Rights in June 1963 but opposed by filibuster in the Senate. President Lyndon Johnson pushed it forward in Nov. 1963 after Kennedy was assassinated. The bill passed in the senate, June 1964 and was signed into law July 2, 1964....