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.
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referencedIn Civil Rights Files, 1959 - 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Class 169 (Desegregation of Public Education) Litigation Case Files and Enclosures, 1957 - 1987 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Anne P. Newman et al. v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. National Archives at Philadelphia
referencedIn White House Subject Files on Legislation, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Public Law 111-2: An Act to Amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to Modify the Operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to Clarify That a Discriminatory Compensation Decision or Other Practice That is Unlawful Under Such Acts Occurs Each Time Compensation Is Paid Pursuant to the Discriminatory Compensation Decision or Other Practice, and for Other Purposes National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Class 170 (Discrimination in Hiring and Employment [Equal Employment Opportunity]) Case File Enclosures, 1953 - 1974 United States. National Archives and Records Administration
referencedIn Class 170 (Discrimination in Hiring and Employment [Equal Employment Opportunity]) Litigation Case Files, 1964 - 1989 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn White House Central Files (Johnson Administration). 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. White House Subject Files on Insurance. 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. Accident, Hospital, Medical, and Health Insurance (IS 1) Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Original Complaint and Compliance Review Case Files, 1963 - 1968 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Class 166 (Voting Rights) Litigation Case Files, 1957 - 1987 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Civil Rights Files, 1963 - 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Harold C. Fleming Papers, 1950-1993, (bulk 1961-1987) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Leo Marsh papers., 1920-1979, (bulk 1959-1969). University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 484 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Civil Rights Act of 1964 Files, 1968 - 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn White House Central Files (Johnson Administration). 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. White House Subject Files on Human Rights Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn White House Subject Files on Religious Matters, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Harold H. Greene Papers, 1951-2001, (bulk 1958-1998) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Program Litigation Files, 1993 - 1995 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Loren Miller papers, 1876-2003, 1932-1966 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
referencedIn Class 171 (Miscellaneous Discrimination Matters) Litigation Case Files and Enclosures, 1957 - 1998 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 7/26/77 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Minutes and Transcripts of Monthly Meetings, 1968 - 1979 National Archives at College Park
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Appellees' Brief National Archives at Philadelphia
referencedIn Cloture Motion for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae National Archives at Philadelphia
referencedIn Appellants' Appendix National Archives at Philadelphia
referencedIn Telegram to the Secretary of Commerce Requesting Voting Statistics Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn Excerpt of the Engrossing Copy of H.R. 7152, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Showing Amendments Center for Legislative Archives
referencedIn Appellants' Brief National Archives at Philadelphia
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associatedWith Fleming, Harold C. person
associatedWith Greene, Harold H. person
associatedWith Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 person
associatedWith Kennedy John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 person
associatedWith Marsh, Leo B. person
associatedWith Miller, Loren person
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Establishment 1964-07-02

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