On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the most sweeping piece of American civil rights legislation of the century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Grades
5 - 11
Subjects
Social Studies, Civics, U.S. History
Contents
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. You may recognize the civil rights leader directly behind Johnson—it's Martin Luther King, Jr. The other African Americans in the photo are Ralph Abernathy (directly behind King) and John Lewis (to the left of Abernathy).
Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office
to change.
member of a country, state, or town who shares responsibilities for the area and benefits from being a member.
set of fundamental freedoms guaranteed to all individuals, such as participation in the political system, ability to own property, and due process and equal protection under the law.
theory and practice of bringing peaceful end to conflicts.
treatment based on a group to which a person belongs, not the person himself.
to remove.
allowed by law.
law, legal act, or statute.
faithfulness or consistency.
having to do with public policy, government, administration, or elected office.
available to an entire community, not limited to paying members.
access to help or protection.
loosely defined geographic region largely composed of states that supported or were sympathetic to the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the U.S. Civil War.
overwhelming and wide-ranging.
historically, or established by custom.
hint or trace evidence.
issues surrounding the legal right and ability to campaign and cast a vote in political elections.
(1965) American legislation outlawing practices designed to prevent eligible voters from voting.
Students analyze the impact of John F. Kennedy’s death on the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act. Students analyze election data to evaluate the impact of these landmark pieces of legislation on politics in the United States.
On March 7, 1965, police and a citizen “posse” attacked marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, an event that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement as “Bloody Sunday.”
Article on how civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and helped the Voting Rights Act of 1965 pass.
Students analyze the impact of John F. Kennedy’s death on the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act. Students analyze election data to evaluate the impact of these landmark pieces of legislation on politics in the United States.
On March 7, 1965, police and a citizen “posse” attacked marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, an event that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement as “Bloody Sunday.”
Article on how civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and helped the Voting Rights Act of 1965 pass.