The+Civil+Rights+Act+of+1964(2nd+Period)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 eliminated some obstacles that African Americans faced while trying to get the right to vote. It also addressed the problem of public places being segregated, and the discrimination against African Americans. This act intended to help races who were not getting fair opportunities, people who were trying to gain equal opportunity for their education, voting rights for women, public accommodation, and also job opportunities. It also wanted to eliminate all religious segregation as well. This act upset people who didn’t want segregation, and wanted all races to be separate. This act also affected women in various ways because they were fighting for their voting rights at the time, they had many peaceful protests where they were trying to gain the right to vote, and at some of these protest women were beaten half to death because they were trying to get equal rights. This act did succeed but it took time to end segregation everywhere. Although segregation was declining discrimination was still a major problem throughout the south. Also, there were still numerous people that were racists. The law is still in affect because the fact of racial and religious discrimination is unjust and not fair. It is also still in affect because everyone deserves equal opportunity, and shouldn’t be declined it because of the color of their skin or their religious believing. If Lyndon Johnson were president today I think he would still be pressing for the same law. Work Citied "Civil Rights Act of 1964." //U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History//. Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah Hermsen. Vol. 2. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 299-302. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 11 May 2011. 

 DeAndre Smith II  11 May 2011 3rd Period The Civil Rights Act of 1964  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a major milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. During this time period, African Americans in America were heavily discriminated against and often did not have basic rights. Pressure from civil rights groups towards congress to pass a civil rights act started under the Kennedy administration. Kennedy proposed a bill that would address segregation, discrimination, employment, federally assisted programs and education. Only two days after the bill was but before congress President JKF was shot and killed making his vice president Lyndon B. Johnson the new president. While he was in the senate Johnson’s views on civil rights because he opposed them earlier in his political career. He urged congress to pass the bill and focused on civil rights even though he knew his own party could lose.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to help African Americans in the United States. It desegregated schools, made it illegal to discriminate against African Americans in the work place, eliminated some of the obstacles to voting faced by African Americans and desegregated public facilities. When the law went into effect the main people being hurt were the whites of the South who did not want to be intergraded with blacks. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was fairly successful in achieving its goals because it did desegregate the South and schools but it did not erase racism in the South. The law is still in effect today and is has succeed even more because African Americans now have the ability to vote and there even is a black president. This law stay in effect all of these years because people started to realize the immoral things happening to blacks in the South.  If Lyndon B. Johnson were president today he would not have to be fighting for this law to be in effect because it already is. If it was not in effect then Johnson would support for congress to pass the bill because during his presidential campaign he supported civil rights and civil rights groups. During the Kennedy and Johnson administration there were many racial tensions in the South and this bill passed by congress helped ease these tensions and give blacks equal rights in the South. This bill was a major stepping stone in getting blacks the same rights as whites which is proposed in the United States Constitution. Works Cited Benson, Sonia. “Civil Rights Act of 1964.” // Gale Group. //Sarah Hermsen. Web. 11 May 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <www.shaker.org>