The 1964 Civil Rights Act: Then and Now

From: Human Rights | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Williams, Juan | Copyright information

Forty years after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it is hard to understand and even remember the furious battle over the passage ofthat law. Today, in 2004, with more than a third of the nation made up of African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians, it seems as if the impassioned filibuster in Congress took place in a different century and maybe on a distant galaxy. How could well-respected senators ranging from West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd to Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater r...

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