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  2. Civil Rights Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.

  3. Civil right acts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination in sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, creed, and national origin. The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 specifies that recipients of federal funds must comply with civil rights laws in all areas, not just in the particular program or activity that received federal funding.

  4. Architectural Barriers Act of 1968; Bostock v. Clayton County –— a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 2020 in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; Civil Rights Act of 1866 [3] Civil Rights Act of 1871 [4]

  5. Category:Civil Rights Acts - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Civil Rights Act of 1968; Civil Rights Act of 1990; Civil Rights Act of 1991; E.

  6. Protected group - Wikipedia

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    Age (40 and over) – Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; Sex – Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual orientation and gender identity as of Bostock v. Clayton County – Civil Rights Act of 1964 [4] Pregnancy – Pregnancy Discrimination Act; Familial status – Civil Rights Act of 1968 Title VIII: Prohibits ...

  7. Racial steering - Wikipedia

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    It also made it illegal to have segregation of the races in schools, housing, or hiring. Like the first act, powers given to enforce it were weak in the beginning, but were later supplemented. [6] A third act, the Civil Rights Act of 1968, subsection 3604, expanded on the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It prohibited discrimination concerning the ...

  8. History of civil rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The House passed the legislation on April 10, less than a week after King was murdered, and President Johnson signed it the next day. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, and national origin. It also made it a federal crime to "by force or by the ...

  9. Portal:Civil rights movement/Intro - Wikipedia

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    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 restored and protected voting rights for minorities by authorizing federal oversight of registration and elections in areas with a historic under-representation of minorities as voters. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. African Americans re-entered politics in the ...