Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act may refer to several acts in the history of civil rights in the United States, including:

Read more about Civil Rights Act:  Federal Legislation, State Legislation

Other articles related to "act, civil rights act, right, civil rights":

List Of United States Supreme Court Cases By The Warren Court
427 (1953) Claims under Securities Act of 1933 not arbitrable Miller Brothers Co. 612 (1954) constitutionality of The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 Berman v. 332 (1956) contracts under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 Federal Power Commission v ...
Protected Class
... cannot be discriminated against based on these characteristics Race – Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 Color – Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 Religion – Federal ...
Civil Rights Act - State Legislation
... California Unruh Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination in housing Florida Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, freedom from discrimination because of race ...
List Of United States Supreme Court Cases - 1960–1969
17 (1960) Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act Federal Power Commission v ... Pay Income Tax Then Litigate, Internal Revenue Act Dusky v. 603 (1960) no property right in Social Security benefits Boynton v ...
Lemuel Penn
... officer who was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964, nine days after passage of the Civil Rights Act ... prosecutors eventually charged both for violating Penn's civil rights ... successfully prosecuted the men for violations under the new Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed just nine days before Penn's murder ...

Famous quotes by civil rights act:

    “... as a result of generations of betrayal, it’s nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.”
    —Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 10 (1962)