Public Law 88-352

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United States federal statute civil rights law

Public Law 88-352 is the formal designation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark U.S. federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in key areas of public life.

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Label Occurrences
Public Law 88-352 canonical 8
Pub.L. 88–352 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate segregation in public accommodations ⓘ
promote equal employment opportunity ⓘ
strengthen voting rights protections ⓘ
appliesTo employment ⓘ
public accommodations ⓘ
public education ⓘ
voting rights protections ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enactedBy 88th United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
followedBy Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1968

Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
hasSection Title I ⓘ
Title II ⓘ
Title III ⓘ
Title IV ⓘ
Title IX ⓘ
Title VI ⓘ
Title VII ⓘ
Title VIII ⓘ
Title X ⓘ
Title XI ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
officialName Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
precededBy Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1960 ⓘ
prohibits discrimination based on color ⓘ
discrimination based on national origin ⓘ
discrimination based on race ⓘ
discrimination based on religion ⓘ
discrimination based on sex ⓘ
publicLawNumber 88-352 ⓘ
shortName Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate 1964-07-02 ⓘ
sponsorInHouse Emanuel Celler ⓘ
sponsorInSenate Hubert H. Humphrey ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 78 Stat. 241 ⓘ
subjectOf Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ
Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ
title Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form: An Act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes
topic civil rights ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1964 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enactedAsPartOf → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Title VIII – Registration and Voting Statistics → enactedAsPartOf → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Title IX – Intervention and Removal of Cases → containedIn → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Title X – Community Relations Service → enactedAsPartOf → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
CRA 1964 → legalCitation → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1964
this entity surface form: Pub.L. 88–352
88th United States Congress → passed → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enactedAsPartOf → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Title I → enactedAsPartOf → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
subject surface form: Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → locatedInDocument → Public Law 88-352 ⓘ