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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. Landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law This article is about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. For other American laws called the Civil Rights Acts, see Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Long title An Act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the ...
Tower was a leading opponent of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and voted against both bills, [7] [8] [9] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, [10] but he did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968 [11] and voted in favor of the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court. [12]
McCulloch voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, [8] 1960, [9] 1964, [10] and 1968, [11] the Voting Rights Act of 1965, [12] and the Open Housing Act of 1968. [3] In 1970, he opposed the Nixon administration's efforts to weaken temporary provisions in the 1965 Voting Rights Act regarding voting rights of Black southerners. [3] [4]
[58] [59] Byrd voted in favor of the initial House resolution for the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on June 18, 1957, [60] but voted against the Senate amendment to the bill on August 27, 1957. [61] Byrd voted against the Voting Rights Act of 1965, [62] [63] [64] as well as the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court. [65]
Gore voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in fact filibustering against it, although he supported the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Gore was a vocal champion of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which secured creation of interstate highways.
In the House of Representatives, 91% of Southern Democrats and 100% of Southern Republicans voted against the Civil Rights Act. Only three Southern senators supported the final version of the bill ...
A staunch opponent of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s, Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. [2] In the 1960s, he voted against both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. [7] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination. The act ...