Civil+Rights+Act

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=//__Civil Rights Act Of 1964__//=

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The civil rights bill of 1964 made by John F. Kennedy, signed on July 2, was made so that there would be a law against segregation, but they could only change the law, not what peoples ideas were about it. The law prevented the separation of races in public areas, schools, employment opportunities, and other places. The law is saying that everybody most be treated equally, but after the bill people still were racist. So, after the civil rights act there was the civil rights movement. This movement was to change people thoughts and ideas towards segregation, because even though there were laws people still were mean towards the african americans.=====


 * __Causes of Civil Rights act:__**
 * Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States- This court case was about a motel that would not accept black people. This showed that segregation was becoming worse because they were being excluded from public areas.
 * Jim Crow Laws- The Jim crow laws were encouraging racism, which was the opposite of the civil rights bill. It gave another reason for the need for the bill.
 * Brown v. Board of education- This court case was about a a black girl who won the right to attend a white school, this led to other schools becoming both races. This showed that african americans were going to fight for there rights and because of there perseverance it caused the bill to pass

**__Reasons The Bill Was passed:__**

 * Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech.
 * ======The March on washington proved how many people cared about this cause.======
 * ======African-Americans were getting angrier with the racism and======

protesting and having sit-ins.

 * Lyndon Johnson gave many inspirational speeches and convinced congress

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