Baby Boomers were graduating from high school in 1964, some of them to march fresh-faced into battle in Vietnam and come home in body bags. They were emerging into an uncertain world that was rapidly changing.

In South Carolina and Georgia, their graduation ceremonies underscored resistance to change. A decade had passed since the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against "separate-but-equal" schools, but schools in both states remained segregated, as did most of life's activities. The graduating classes of 1964 were either black or white, not mixed.

The year would be almost over before "White" and "Colored" signs were removed

from Augusta's public water fountains. They remained on restroom doors, however, and

hospitals remained segregated. Augusta hired its first black pol

The U.S. Supreme Court did not agree. When the Heart of Atlanta Motel sued to bed and board whom it chose, the court ruled that Congress had the authority to outlaw racial discrimination in facilities that affect interstate commerce. The motel was located just off two interstate highways.

Now that I have given a brief summary of how the 1964 Civil Rights Act came about. I will describe how it directly affected me. The 1964 Act provided minorities with the opportunity to use the same rights that white males had the whole time. The Act contributed heavily to the rise of the South as I previously stated.

The problem with the Fourteenth Amendment was that the Supreme Court had interpreted it to cover only governmental discrimination. The 1964 act was sweeping in that it used the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce to outlaw discrimination in private business. Segregation, whether in restaurants, public accommodations, or public colleges, was officially outlawed. The main impact was for blacks, but other racial minorities and women increasingly found recourse in the law. The act was the first in a series of federal civil rights laws and regulatory actions, which eventually included the establishment of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC), affirmative action programs and the swelling of litigation brought by both private and public entities, all of which would radically alter the power relationship between employers and employees. The host of federal laws enacted afterward that were designed to further extend the rights of women and other min!

I am very grateful that this act passed. I would have been deprived of my best friend had it not been for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The 1964 Civil Rights Act has provided me with the opportunity to build many friendships with people who are of a different race than I am. I am now able to learn more about different races and what they went through thanks to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

cause the United States Senate to be steamrolled into passing the worst, most

stand out as the only significant periods of relative black advance since 1920 (black economic conditions were improving at other times, just not relative to whites).

June. Seven of the 21 people arrested in connection with the crime were co

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