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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2024
Page
9
A concise history of the Civil Rights Act from Kennedy's 1963 address and Medgar Evers' assassination to the 1964 signing by Lyndon B. Johnson. It covers Birmingham demonstrations, the March on Washington, the Birmingham church bombing, and Senate filibuster delays before the act became law.
The act, approved July 2 1964, is hailed as the era’s broadest civil rights measure since Reconstruction. It gave the federal government enforcement power over the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments, barred discrimination in public spaces and employment, and promoted school and facility integration.
President Johnson pursued a Great Society aiming to end poverty curb crime protect the environment and expand civil rights. He backed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act and 1968 housing discrimination act. He nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1967 who served until 1991 after arguing Brown v Board.
Roy Wilkins began in Missouri journalism and challenged Jim Crow, moved to New York City in 1931 as assistant NAACP secretary, became executive secretary and later executive director in 1955, guiding the NAACP through the Civil Rights era and helping organize the 1963 March on Washington, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, and the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to quickly pass the civil rights bill Kennedy championed, days after Kennedy's assassination. He warned that no tribute could honor Kennedy more than enacting equal rights into law, challenging southern opposition and calling for a new legal chapter.
Martin Luther King Jr emerged as a central civil rights leader guiding the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ending with his I have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and helped organize the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for Black voting rights.
On June 11 1963 John F Kennedy said he would ask Congress to act on a civil rights bill. He framed it as a moral issue rooted in scripture and the Constitution and pledged a commitment to race equality in American life and law.
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