Women After The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered by some to be one of the most important laws in American history. (The Most Important Cases, Speeches, Laws & Documents in American History) This Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964 and it is a “comprehensive federal statute aimed at reducing discrimination in public accommodations and employment situations.” (Feuerbach Twomey, 2010) Specifically, it aimed at prohibiting “discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), and religion.” (Civil Rights Act of 1964, 2010) Additionally, it also

As you know many things have changed since the 1960s and 1970s. For instance, women’s rights. Women rights have come a long way in education, work, family life, politics, and sports. But I am writing to remind you the importance in women’s work force. Women have always in a general manner…been under appreciated. It seemed however that sometimes needs made men realize or potential. You see during world war 2, nearly all women worked…this was directly related to the fact that men where away at war. Women worked both hard labor, and intelligent jobs. After they returned; women gave up their jobs and let men take over. Most women enjoyed the thought of a house life, but I don’t think most knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. Women

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.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed and passed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, whose predecessor, John F. Kennedy had introduced and promoted the act before his death. The act banned discrimination in relation(s) to and of employment and establishments of communal accommodation based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It further established a framework within the federal government in battling discrimination, increasing the directives of the U.S Commission on Civil Rights, as well as instituting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Today in Civil Rights History).

Finally after extreme difficulties in the form of the president who introduced the bill being assassinated, the Southern Democrats repeated attempts to block, hinder, change, and filibuster the bill to death, the need to “reach across the aisle, and form coalitions, backroom deals, abnormalities in the way of the normal process in the Senate, even after the number of African American leaders assassinated, on July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights Act o 1964 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson thus concluding the long journey of this bill.

“Daily Life of Women during the Civil Rights Era” by Danelle Moon is a book addressing women’s rights. This relates to the Progressive Movement and the civil fight for suffrage. The author, Danelle Moon, is qualified to write about this because she is a professor of history at San Jose State University where she has studied and taught history thoroughly.

All women were not married; even with this dilemma the same laws were effective. Women also faced discrimination on the job which was another reason advocates spoke up. Women had hard times finding paying jobs that they

The Civil Rights Movement made indelible impact on not only the United States, but the world as well. Congress has enacted a number of civil rights statutes including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination); Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting sex discrimination); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (prohibiting disability discrimination); Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (prohibiting disability discrimination by public entities); and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (prohibiting age discrimination). It could and should be argued that the Civil Rights Movement is a giant, a game changer, a crusade to be modeled, studied,

1. Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Why was it necessary, given that the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted decades before?

World War ll lasted about 5 years between 1941-1945. (America Has Been at War 93% of the Time – 222 out of 239 Years – Since 1776). There were over 2.5 million African Americans men and women that volunteered their life in helping the US fight in the war and help forward the Civil Rights Movement. Most men fought in and battle in war while most women volunteered as nurses in the Navy Corps and Army. Besides working as nurses, some women worked in factory buildings, making ships, tanks, airplanes and etc. When working in factories women would participate in scrap drives. They would scavenge for scraps or any kind of metal that would help benefit vehicles and equipment in the military. Others would work in war bond drives that financed the military,

It’s through these Black women that social transformation was achieved when racial segregation and other forms of oppressions were effectively turned into social action. Black women took on community oriented activism rather than their counterparts who concentrated on institutions and power. Working in an institutional set up led to people being held up informal board meetings strategizing in a significant scale. However what was more important was community engagement by bridge leaders who carried out civic education on the relevance of the civil rights movements and fighting myths and propaganda being fronted by those who were against the association. The major advantage of these is that the black community remained united and committed to the noble cause of fighting segregation.

According to Community Relations Service, (2002) a U.S. Department of Justice agency created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to resolve community racial conflict through non-coercive, third party intervention prior to 1985, a majority of the 50 states had laws that authorized the so-called “any-felony” policy that police could use firearms or any other means of deadly force to arrest a person suspected of committing any felony. Some states permitted police officers by law to shoot fleeing persons, including those suspected of such property offenses such as check forgery and auto theft. Nine states and Washington, D.C. have no laws on the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers: Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Ohio; South Carolina;

On the day June 10th, 1963 Former President John F. Kennedy had passed the equal rights law. One of the many reasons why he had passed this law is because; many of the women that were working were mothers. “At the time, one in three American workers was a woman–25 million women in all–many of whom were working mothers and/or the sole breadwinner in their family.” (History) Another reason is because of how men made more money because in the 1960s many people were against women getting equal pay because they are sexist. Many of the women who did work barely made and money to support their families.

There has been discrimination for a long time and there has been improvements, over the years, however we still need more progress. Because of discrimination many people did not have rights. We have had many people help with getting rid of discrimination such as Nelson Mandela. Most of the people who helped discrimination get better went through a lot and suffered. They were treated badly, but they accomplished something.

I feel that the civil rights act of the year 1964 was a big turning point in America because it gave African Americans real equality, it gave African Americans real freedom, and it was a step toward the acceptance of African Americans during a racist time. Not to say that fighting for this act was easy. How do I know? Well, I was involved in fighting to get it ratified. I took part in a lot of the protests, and was involved with a lot of the junk that came with them. Even if you were white, if you were friends with an African American, you were treated as an African American. I didn’t mind though. I would rather be part of a good cause with friends of color, than with my race insulting, and beating them. I guess I would say my stance on civil