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Martin's March, David B. Oppenheimer
Martin's March, David B. Oppenheimer
David B Oppenheimer
Discusses the significance of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Role of Martin Luther King Jr. in desegregation demonstrations; Historical overview of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. INSET: More to be done..
Congress And The Supreme Court's Conflict Over Antidiscrimination Law, David B. Oppenheimer
Congress And The Supreme Court's Conflict Over Antidiscrimination Law, David B. Oppenheimer
David B Oppenheimer
In 1968, in the days following King's assassination, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, prohibiting most housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. [...] later that same year, the Supreme Court found that the long-dormant 1866 and 1867 Civil Rights Acts, prohibiting private racial discrimination, which had been ignored since the end of Reconstruction, remained valid. Since 1968, Congress has passed several laws intended to broaden federal civil rights, either to include more groups or, with increasing frequency, simply to reverse Supreme Court decisions.\n (California's statute applies to employers of five or more employees and prohibits harassment …