The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Explained | This Day Forward | msnbc

An edited and enhanced compilation of a Universal Newsreel and archival photos from the time period summarize basics of the 11 titles that comprised the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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[pyrosapien]

"It restricts no ones freedom, so long as he respects the rights of other"
Well that was a lie

[blanenoel]

Say my name! Reddit say it ! The son of Mary! Noel!

[mai-lovebeautiful]

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1763- the line of proclamation
1863- Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation speech.
1963- JFK civil rights speech.
2063-??? Civil life. You have a right to not get shot or make higher than minimum wage.

[chaddisrud]

Does the fed definition of public accommodation go beyond that affect commerce (commerce as defined in 42 U.S.C. 12181)? It seems that it only applies to places that are primarily involved in interstate commerce and that small companies or even small hotels are exempt. As 42 U.S.C. defines "commerce", wouldn't it's narrow definition be the only acceptable one applicable to this code? If you know of some other U.S.C. which rescinds this or redefines "public accommodation" or "commerce" more broadly, please comment. Thanks

[davidross]

Republicans got this bill voted in!
But democrats took 100% of the credit.

[scottsullivan]

I wonder, before the CRA of 1964, did most places ban blacks?
I mean, could blacks attend a Chinese restaurant or did they go along with segregation also? Did it offend their white clients to have blacks dinning next to them?
Were they allowed on government property, like public beaches? In old black and white photos, I don't see any blacks at beaches.

[VincentJones-lj]

This bill help all of us including white women

[daveyork]

How awesome that racism was only a thing before LBJ had JFK capped!

[mmtoss]

The Civil Rights act summarized in a word: Draconian

[bwisdom]

they should a did one for the other colors too who were in poverty. this did divide. because there were and still are wealth family's of all color lol what a funny joke