Civil Rights Act of 1964

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United States federal statute civil rights legislation

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed segregation and major forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, fundamentally reshaping American civil rights protections.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
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 1
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as political backdrop and opposition) 1
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in part) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights legislation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CRA 1964 ⓘ
appliesTo employers with 15 or more employees (Title VII) ⓘ
employment agencies ⓘ
labor organizations ⓘ
authorizes U.S. Attorney General to file suits to enforce desegregation ⓘ
withholding of federal funds from discriminatory programs ⓘ
bans employment discrimination by covered employers ⓘ
segregation in public accommodations ⓘ
segregation in public facilities ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
effectiveDate 1964-07-02 ⓘ
enactedBy 88th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
followedBy Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1968

Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeHistoryContext American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement
locationOfSigning White House ⓘ
longTitle Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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
precededBy Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1960 ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
prohibitsDiscriminationOnBasisOf color ⓘ
national origin ⓘ
race ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sex ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 88–352 ⓘ
shortTitle Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate 1964-07-02 ⓘ
subject civil rights ⓘ
education equality ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ
public accommodations ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
title Title I – Voting Rights ⓘ
Title II – Public Accommodations ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Title III – Desegregation of Public Facilities

Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education ⓘ
Title IX – Intervention and Removal of Cases ⓘ
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form: Title VI – Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form: Title VII – Equal Employment Opportunity

Title VIII – Registration and Voting Statistics ⓘ
Title X – Community Relations Service ⓘ
Title XI – Miscellaneous ⓘ
upheldByCourtCase Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ
Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

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

Children's March → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1957 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1960 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Executive Order 11246 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1968
Ole Miss integration crisis → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Pub.L. 89–110 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Public Law 86-449 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Title VIII → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
African-American history → relatedToEvent → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Title X – Community Relations Service → shortName → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Law 88-352
Civil Rights Act of 1964 → shortTitle → Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson → signedIntoLaw → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference → supported → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 → title → Civil Rights Act of 1964 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III – Desegregation of Public Facilities
Jim Crow laws → underminedBy → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Reconstruction Amendments → usedAsLegalBasisFor → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Albert Gore Sr. → votedAgainst → Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ