Civil Rights Act Summary

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was known as an end to racial segregation. It was brought about by a number of things including the effects of major events mostly involving riots. State and federal legislation needed it to be passed along with many social movements that influenced its decision. It is no question that it heavily changed America for the better by turning us into a melting pot and making us see that everyone should be treated as equals. It is important to remember that this act was not only beneficial to the time in which it was enacted, but it has affected our future by sustaining society. Today we continue to fight to outlaw discrimination within our nation, and thanks to the passing of this act we are able to be strong and help support the removal of unequal protection for all citizens. The general public has always deserved to be treated with the same rights that every White American is given. This act needed to be passed in order to see the harm we were causing by segregating people. America has grown so much since the act was established, and with it by our sides everyone can be able to have the rights they all truly deserve. Without this act in effect, the impacts on our country would be dire. We needed this act in order to flourish as one nation and continue to build movements against any discrimination.

Racism started when African American slaves were brought to the new world (America) to aid in the harvest of tobacco crops. Slaves were treated badly by being beaten and whipped. Punishments were normally a response to disobedience but others were abused by their owner to show dominance. Because of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 slaves were freed into areas all over the United States (U.S.), but Lincoln’s Proclamation did not stop people from having hate against African Americans. Americans need to hinder racism by following federal laws, like the Civil Rights Act, that are established so racism can be abolished once and for all.

Jury duty is a constitutional and fundamental right guaranteed to American citizens. Jury service is a way for citizens to directly participate in the judicial system. Jury duty and jury trials have been around for so long that people take it for granted. The jury was one of the factors that caused the American Revolution because the English common law system did not allow alleged criminals to have the sixth amendment rights that the United States has today. In fact, The Declaration of Independence charged that King George III deprived the colonists of a trial by jury (United States Federal Judicial Center, n.d). The Founding Fathers of the United States established the role of the jury and the right to trial by jury in most criminal and civil cases in the Constitution but that clearly cannot be fulfilled unless there are people serving on a jury.

The First Amendment guarantees U.S citizen with basic freedoms such as religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. In the 2010 case between Salazar and Buono, the First Amendment was put on trial in the Supreme Court Justice. The Supreme Court examined whether a religious cross, meant to honor World War I Veterans, violated the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment. Frank Buono, a former preserve employee, filed the lawsuit to get rid of the religious cross in the reserve permanently, stating that it was built on federal land thus creating a sense of favoritism of one religion over another in government. By establishing favoritism towards Christianity the U.S government violated the Establishment Clause. This paper analyzes the rhetorical situation between the governments interference within religion

With a booming economy and population, the United States went through an era of prosperity during the 1950s. However, it was also a time of conflict for several minority groups, including African Americans, women in the workforce, and LGBTQ people. While there have been significant steps towards equality through the passing of laws and court case hearings, challenges remain. Violence, unequal pay, and the struggle of finding balance between conflicting viewpoints are still being faced by Americans today. (Tiona/Claire)

My generation is thankful for the pathfinders who glorified this nation in countless ways, they built a beacon of hope for generations to come. Fighting for freedom, equality, unity and the pursuit of happiness is what they envisioned which would allow their posterity to lead an exceptional life.

In 1965 African-Americans could not vote for who they wanted in the White House or who they wanted as their governor. African-Americans started doing a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to get their word out about how they felt about the situation. The town had police come in to stop the march, and if the marchers would not leave then the police would attack the marchers using their nightsticks. There were also whites cheering on the police that were attacking the marchers. Even though the United States is a free country there were many issues in 1965 with civil rights for African Americans. The Selma to Montgomery march had a huge impact on getting the right to vote for African Americans, after the march to Montgomery had finished President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it would then lead to African Americans not needing to pay just to vote in the United States.

The United States has been experiencing some tough times with Cold War tensions high across the globe. The civil rights movement picked up after the violence in the south against blacks and sought to bring change within the country. The year of 1964 was a very impactful and a changing time within the United States due to various circumstances: America entered the Vietnam war, established the Civil Right Act and The Beatles revolutionized the new pop culture throughout America. The United States had many political accomplishments in 1964, beginning with most innovative law is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

On December 7, 1956, I was getting on a bus headed towards New York. As I was trying to find a seat, I saw an open seat right in front of the white people section and sat in it. A few moments after I sat down, a few other men got on the bus. After all of them filled the rest of the white seats, one man didn’t have a seat. After the bus driver got up and saw the man standing in the middle of the aisle, he got up and told all of the African-American people in the first row to get up and let this man have a seat. So I slowly got up and moved around the lady that I sat next to. I expected her to get up along with me but she remained still. After I had made it to the back of the bus where all of the other African american people stood, THe bus

A man once stood in front of a crowd of thousands of people both black and white. He delivered a speech that fought for the possibility of an America where both black and white citizens were truly equal; this man was“Martin Luther King Jr”(Martin Luther King Jr.). One might fight back and argue that the laws during this time did make the African Americans equal but this was not true, as one of the laws stated the two as being Equal but separate. This law was one of the Jim crow laws, in which African americans were in theory separate and equal, but in reality were given second hand treatment after the prioritized white citizens (Richard). The Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional and took away many African Americans chances at being considered

I’m not African American, but I am an ally; I have friends and loved ones who are African American, and I cannot stand by and watch people die.

The beginning of, “KKK- The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights”, starts off with the opening of a KKK rally happening in Raleigh North Carolina, on August, 14, 1966. Bob Jones, one of the major klan leaders, was a speaker at that day. Jones was born right outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, he was a high school dropout, and not soon after a discharged from the navy for not saluting a black officer.

Several events led up to the civil rights movement in the form of protest from courageous blacks that were not will to be considered second class citizens. The first was four college aged black men that went in Woolworth's lunch counter and refused to leave until they were served (Schultz, 2013) . These young men became known as the Greensboro Four. This protest spawned several similar incidents around the country.

On July 28th, 2014, a new civil rights movement was declare - a movement for the Aryan race and against all those who defied it.

Religion in the workplace can bring up some of the most difficult issues employers have to face. Resolving these issues requires understanding the law and balancing the business's needs with an employee's desire to practice his or her religion. One of the most contentious conflicts is between an employee's desire to take time off and the potential reduction in productivity and profitability. In ruling on Title VII religion cases, the courts have held that employers aren't required to accommodate employees' religious activities when it involves increased financial costs, transferring supervisory personnel or employees from other departments resulting in inefficiency, or discriminating against other employees or violating seniority systems. Accommodations that don't constitute undue hardship to the employer include voluntary substitutions or employee "swaps," flexible work schedules, floating or optional holidays, staggered work hours, and allowing employees to make up lost time. Transfers and job changes also are options if they don't cause reduced efficiency or