{"id":3579,"date":"2014-07-02T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affirmativeaction.com\/news\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:43:10","slug":"50th-anniversary-of-the-civil-rights-act-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/50th-anniversary-of-the-civil-rights-act-1964\/","title":{"rendered":"50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">50 years ago today, July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/resources\/pdf\/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Civil Rights Act<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;into law. The new Act &nbsp;prohibited segregation and discrimination in all public places including hotels, restaurants, theaters, sports arenas, and parks. &nbsp;It also made it illegal for employers to make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce the law. &nbsp;The Civil Rights Act was first proposed by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biddle.com\/blog\/eeo-industry-news\/historic-civil-rights-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President John F. Kennedy on June 11th, 1963<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>To read more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Documents &#8211; Civil Rights Act (1964)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/education\/lessons\/civil-rights-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching With Documents:&nbsp;The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (National Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Civil Rights Act (History.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3580\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"wp-image-3580\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/50Years-CivilRightsAct-682x1024.png\" alt=\"LBJ Signing the Civil Rights Act (1964)\" width=\"435\" height=\"653\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LBJ Signing the Civil Rights Act (1964)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 years ago today, July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the&nbsp;Civil Rights Act&nbsp;into law. 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