The Civil Rights Act Of 1968 (Fair Housing)

On April 19, 1866, the US Congress passed the first ever Civil Rights Act. It gave black Americans the right to own their own property, to have legal protection in business, and to take people to court. The act was also the first time that black Americans were called citizens of the United States. This meant that black Americans would have the same rights and privileges as all other US citizens. Another Civil Rights Act was passed in 1875. This act made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race in public places, such as restaurants. In 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1875 act was unconstitutional on the basis that businesses had the right to choose which customers they served and which they could ignore. This allowed businesses that provided public facilities to choose to exclude black people. On June 1, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed. It became the most important civil rights organization fighting for the rights of black people in the United States. It is still active today and has a membership of about half a million. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court passed a judgment that changed the course of civil rights in the United States. In the case of Brown v. the Board of Education, the judges on the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in education was unconstitutional and therefore against the law. This decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896. Shortly after noon on Monday May 17,

Imagine being denied a place to live, just because of the color of your skin. Many people faced this discrimination prior to the act of 1968. The Fair Housing Act of 1968, and the influencers behind it allowed for an equal opportunity of housing to all people, no matter their color, race, religion, national origin, disabilities, or familial status.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and President John F. Kennedy made many notable advances to outlaw discrimination in America. They fought against discrimination on race, color, religion, and national origin. Although the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments outlawed slavery, provided for equal protection under the law, guaranteed citizenship, and protected the right to vote, individual states continued to allow unfair treatment of minorities and passed Jim Crow laws allowing segregation of public facilities. America would not be the country it is today without their effort to make this country better and of course without the help of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

After these laws were placed, the ”Civil Rights Act of 1866” was placed into action. The Civil Rights Act of 1875, which protected any and all people’s right to transportation, restrooms, stores, restaurants, and other public property or service. Since the north placed this act the south decide to place,”separate but equal” laws in which separated African-Americans from Whites in

Before 1960s, Black people were legally discriminated against and even today they are still treated unfairly. This piece is provided to contextualize a specific sector that Blacks are discriminated against historically, in person, and over the phone now. This piece is meant to spark a conversation for African Americans to think about other instances where they put on a “white voice” and to think about how in other ways they are discriminated against in that sector. It also allows white people, who are up for conversation, to realize the biases they are placing on people by not only how they look, but even how they sound over the phone. This piece isn’t meant to end housing discrimination, but to be a conversation starter for both parties on

When the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted employees felt sigh of relief because now it was unlawful for employers to discriminate against once race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. “Title VII provided the legal basis for all people to pursue the work of their choosing and to advance in their chosen occupations subject to the limitations of only their individual qualifications, talents, and energies” (McConnell, 2013, p. 46). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce the antidiscrimination requirements of Title VII. What employees didn’t know was that this was merely a law and laws are broken all the time, although there are severe consequences.

“This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country”, this quote from Lyndon B. Johnson truly represents how difficult it was to get to the civil rights act and how hard it was once it was passed. Many cases were apart of this act that played a big role at the U.S. Supreme Court. It wasn't only race that the civil rights act of 1964 ended it also ended segregation in race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Civil rights act was a big movement effecting so many people: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Furguson, and Brown v. Board of education.

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.

We sometimes forget how far we have come in our struggle with discrimination and equal opportunity for all. While we still have many improvements to make in this area The Civil Rights Act has helped us make significant progress over the years. Probably the most well-known act in the Civil Rights Movement is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but prior to this act there were two federal laws and a voting rights bill passed. These 3 acts are known as the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1875 and 1957. After the passing of the 1964 act came the Civil Rights act of 1991 which amended the 1964 act. All of these acts were put in place to try and decrease the amount of racial discrimination in our country. The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 1875, 1957, 1964, and 1991

My mother was a police officer for almost twenty years. Women have long been subject to, and the subject of, discrimination. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 originally did not include gender in the bill’s wording. Were it not for a backhanded comment made in jest by a backward congressman, women would not have been afforded equal rights protection in employment (Freeman, 1991; 2004).

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed life for African Americans and helped blacks gain equal rights. It helped African Americans progress towards full equality. According to the BBC, "In the 1930s, although 50% of the population of Southern towns were black, they had no vote and could not marry whites. The policy of segregation meant that blacks had to have their own schools, their own churches, their own football teams, even their own cemeteries." Segregation towards blacks really messed up the South. During 1849 to 1950 African Americans could not have the rights they wanted in the South. On the other hand, whites could and constantly put down blacks. In the South whites did not like blacks at all and would do anything they

An abundant of federal, state, and local regulations prohibit discrimination in employment. Discrimination towards employees who are members of a protected class is prohibited throughout the entire employment process, which includes outreach, hiring, job classification, salary, benefits, promotion, discipline, layoffs, termination, and much more. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal statute created to safeguard individuals from illegal discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, and national origin. This Act also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) which is responsible for administering laws outlawing discrimination in the workplace and has expanded protected classes against discrimination. Such

This act is mostly known as the Fair Housing Act. Congress made it a crime to use, or threaten to use force to interfere with housing rights because of the victim’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. President Johnson stated that “this bill had a long and stormy trip. We did not get it in 1966. We pleaded for it again in 1967. But Congress took no action that year. We asked for it again this year (1968). And now at long this afternoon (April 11, 1968) its day has come.”7 This Act was amended in 1988 that expanded the coverage of the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on disability or on family statuses such as a child under the age of 18 and pregnant women. It established new administrative enforcement mechanisms with Housing and Urban Development attorneys and revised and expanded the Department of Justice jurisdiction to sue on behalf of the victims in Federal

Across America there are close to thirty million small privately owned businesses that are run by owners. The businesses work on some of their own policies and the laws put down from government and federal laws. Many people today can get confused that the laws depress the second amendment and that it will take our rights away to bear arms. Most owners, or people managing a business, can choose whether or not to support and use these laws to keep firearms out of there business. Most just depend on the owners themselves. As with many problems faced by businesses they do have the right to deny patrons. If a customer is lacking hygiene for example a restaurant can tell them to leave, but because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 you cannot be denied for being of a certain race. But recently due to the speculation and fear from most of the world, firearms are scaring a lot of people. The government has put in certain laws and restrictions to prevent this fear, and in some states it is legal to deny patrons carrying firearms openly. And that is why many businesses have the right to deny patrons openly carrying guns on their person.

Environmental racism raises a large concern in todays times because we are all support to be treated equal no matter what our heritages believe in. In the Title VI of the Civil Rights act of 1964, it clearly states that it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activist receiving federal assistance. Environmental racism have many things in common to the civil right activities looking back on time. Like the Warren County example, the way the protest played out are very similar to the way protests acted out in that 1950’s. “The actions of the North Carolina state government in forcing a toxic landfill onto a small African-American community were an extension of the racism they had encountered for decades in housing, education and employment. But this time, it was environmental racism.