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The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Congress passed in response to the civil rights movement, outlawed segregation and most forms of identity-based discrimination.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 Term Timeline in The Warmth of Other Suns
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Part Four: Revolutions
...King, Jr. After his Nobel Peace Prize, the massive 1963 March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he’s famous around the country, but he’s also unsure what his movement should...
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...Station, Mid-1960s. Trains have long been integrated in the North, and in 1964, the new Civil Rights Act officially integrates them in the South, too. Suddenly, it’s George’s job to enforce the law:...
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Part Four: The Fullness of the Migration
...at work or finish his education. He is too old to truly benefit from the Civil Rights Act , and he watches young people challenge norms around marriage and preach about Black Power...
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