Library of Congress 1964 Civil Rights Act Exhibit
Robert Brammer explains the content of the 1964 Civil Rights Act through the exhibit in the Library of Congress.
Description
Robert Brammer explains the content of the 1964 Civil Rights Act through the exhibit in the Library of Congress.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What did Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do regarding voting?
- What is meant by public accommodations? What does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do regarding this?
- How does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 relate to education?
- How does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 impact federally funded programs?
- Explain how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addresses employment discrimination.
- How does the federal government enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the state level?
- Explain how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed the problems created by the end of reconstruction in 1877.
Additional Resources
- Lesson Plan: Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement
In this lesson, students will explore the key events of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, including the methods used and groups who participated in them, and then analyze the impact and legacy of those events.
- Video Clip: President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon Johnson made remarks and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- Civil Rights Commission
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Jury Trial
- Public Accommodations
- Reconstruction
- Segregation