Civil Rights Act

(noun)

A U.S. federal law (14 Stat. 27) enacted April 9, 1866, that was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African Americans in the wake of the American Civil War.

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Examples of Civil Rights Act in the following topics:

  • The Civil Rights Acts

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed forms of discrimination against women and minorities.
    • In a civil rights speech on June 11, 1963, President John F.
    • The Civil Rights Act was followed by the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Johnson in 1965.
    • Johnson, who had earlier signed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
    • Compare and contrast the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act

  • Civil Rights Act

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation.
    • White-only restaurants are an example of the type of discrimination that was outlawed as a result of the Civil Rights Act.
    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women.
    • Johnson, who would later sign the landmark Voting Rights Act into law.
    • Expanded the Civil Rights Commission established by the earlier Civil Rights Act of 1957 with additional powers, rules and procedures.

  • Civil Rights and Voting Rights

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were landmark pieces of legislation that addressed major forms of discrimination.
    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964, enacted on July 2, 1964, was a landmark piece of legislation.
    • Kennedy called for a civil rights act in his speech about civil rights on June 11, 1963.
    • The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act changed the lives of African Americans and transformed society in many ways.
    • Examine the passage and significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Legislative Change

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since the Reconstruction Era following the American Civil War.
    • The Civil Rights Act of 1960 addressed some of the shortcomings of the 1957 act.
    • The act was later deemed ineffective for the firm establishment of civil rights.
    • Johnson helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    • Analyze the gains and limitations of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement

    • The 1950s and the 1960s witnessed a dramatic development of the Civil Rights Movement that at the time accomplished a series of its goals through the acts of civil disobedience, legal battles, and promoting the notion of Black Power.
    • By highlighting racial injustice in the South, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the Civil Rights Movement.
    • The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which restored and protected voting rights.
    • Department of Justice, the Act is considered to be the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the country.
    • The Fair Housing Act of 1968 (known also as the Civil Rights Act of 1968), which banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

  • Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

    • Disabled Americans face limited access to public places and institutions that civil rights legislation seeks to address.
    • To address these concerns, a disability rights movement has introduced a range of legislation and law suits.
    • The disability rights movement became organized in the 1960s, concurrent with the African-American civil rights movement and feminist movement.
    • Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the disability rights act gained increasing visibility and a number of policy successes, including increased accessibility of public places and increased resources for people with developmental disabilities.
    • The act provided comprehensive civil rights protections modeled after the Civil Rights Act.

  • The Expansion of the Civil Rights Movement

    • While Congress played a role by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the actions of civil rights groups such as CORE, the SCLC, and SNCC were instrumental in forging new paths, pioneering new techniques and strategies, and achieving breakthrough successes.
    • The key civil rights events of the 1950s (Brown v.
    • Its purpose was to pressure President Kennedy to act on his promises regarding civil rights.
    • The passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin" in employment practices and public accommodations.
    • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 restored and protected voting rights for African Americans that had been imposed upon since the Civil War, and the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965 dramatically opened up entry into the U.S. for immigrants outside of traditional European groups.

  • The Rights of the Accused

    • An important postwar case was the Civil Rights Cases (1883), in which the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was at issue.
    • The rights of the accused, include the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote.
    • Civil and political rights form the original and main part of international human rights.
    • Civil and political rights are not codified to be protected, although most democracies worldwide do have formal written guarantees of civil and political rights.
    • Civil rights are considered to be natural rights.

  • Civil Rights of the Elderly

    • The elderly, or senior citizens, are vulnerable to civil rights abuses due to a propensity for sickness, disability, and poverty.
    • Because of a propensity for illness, disability, and lack of employment, the elderly are faced with unique civil rights challenges.
    • Roosevelt's Social Security Act funded medical care for aging Americans.
    • Johnson signed the Older Americans Act (OAA) into law.
    • Discuss the civil rights issues that affect the elderly in the United States

  • Privacy Rights and National Security

    • In the United States, the controversial USA Patriot Act has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
    • Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947.
    • The Act did not define national security.
    • The measures adopted to maintain national security in the face of threats to society has led to ongoing dialectic, particularly in liberal democracies, on the appropriate scale and role of authority in matters of civil and human rights.
    • In the United States, the politically controversial USA Patriot Act and other government action has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?