Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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United States federal statute civil rights law

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 canonical	59
Title VII	4
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as to public employers)	1
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (employment discrimination provisions)	1
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from firing individuals for being homosexual	1
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits hostile work environment sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination	1
Title VII – Equal Employment Opportunity	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ
abbreviation	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title VII
allows	private civil actions by aggrieved employees ⓘ
amendedBy	Civil Rights Act of 1991 ⓘ Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 ⓘ
appliesTo	employers with 15 or more employees ⓘ employment ⓘ employment agencies ⓘ labor organizations ⓘ
codifiedAt	42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1964-07-02 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1964-07-02 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
expandedBy	Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 ⓘ
interpretedToInclude	discrimination based on gender identity as sex discrimination ⓘ discrimination based on sexual orientation as sex discrimination ⓘ hostile work environment claims ⓘ quid pro quo sexual harassment ⓘ sexual harassment as sex discrimination ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
landmarkCase	Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ⓘ McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ⓘ Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson ⓘ Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. ⓘ Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins ⓘ
partOf	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
prohibits	discriminatory compensation practices ⓘ discriminatory firing practices ⓘ discriminatory hiring practices ⓘ discriminatory terms, conditions, or privileges of employment ⓘ employment discrimination ⓘ retaliation for opposing unlawful employment practices ⓘ retaliation for participating in Title VII proceedings ⓘ
prohibitsDiscriminationOnBasisOf	color ⓘ national origin ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ sex ⓘ
purpose	to eliminate employment discrimination ⓘ
requires	equal employment opportunity ⓘ filing of a charge with the EEOC before suit ⓘ
shortTitle	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → legalIssue → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

USA PATRIOT Act → containsTitle → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII

Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → abbreviation → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → shortTitle → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1964 → title → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII – Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Pay Act of 1963 → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → legalBasis → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1991 → amends → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 → amends → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 → partOf → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. → legalIssue → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → holding → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits hostile work environment sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → legalSubject → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Bostock v. Clayton County → holding → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from firing individuals for being homosexual

Bostock v. Clayton County → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Employment Litigation Section → enforces → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as to public employers)

McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title X – Community Relations Service → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

CRA 1964 → title → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1964

this entity surface form: Title VII

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 → amendsPart → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019 → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Executive Order 11246 → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

LMRDA → containsTitle → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII

Public Law 88-38 → relatedTo → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer → involvedStatute → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → legalAuthorityOver → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (employment discrimination provisions)

Office of Federal Operations → legalBasis → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio → legalProvision → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Lorance v. AT&T Technologies, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Duke Power Company → involves → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Meritor Savings Bank, FSB → associatedWithLaw → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. → legalProvision → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton → legalBasis → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth → legalSubject → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Joseph Oncale → legalBasis → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Joseph Oncale → appliesStatute → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services

Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → legalSubject → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.

Gerald Lynn Bostock → filedLawsuitUnder → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → statuteInterpreted → Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ