PPT-Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Employment Opportunity As a consequence selfdiscipline has eroded and societies are left to try to maintain order and civility by compulsion The lack of internal control by individuals breeds external control by governments. Congress Passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On September 15, 1963, less than three weeks after the march, a bomb exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in . Birmingham. The church had been the SCLC’s headquarters earlier that spring. in the 1960s. Mei Yuen Ho. Research Project . U.S. Census Bureau. Historical Poverty Tables. First page of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Fred . Powledge. , New York Times, 8 March 1964. . The New York Times. st. 1960 - Greensboro, N.C.. Four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a . sit-in. at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar non-violent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Student sit-ins would be effective throughout the Deep South in integrating parks, swimming pools (swim-ins!), theatres, libraries, and other public facilities.. Draw this chart in your notebooks. 24. th. Amendment. (1964). Civil Rights Act. of 1964. Voting Rights Act of 1965. 24. th. Amendment. Outlawed the poll tax. In several southern states there was still a poll tax meant to keep African Americans from voting. Unit . 8. Many people / groups had fought for equal civil rights since the Civil War. Was never focal / lead issue. New and Fair Deal “urban” programs considered failures by end of 1950s. Public housing proved a grave disappointment in helping achieve equality. THE SOUTHEASTERN EQUITY CENTER. 800 E. Broward Boulevard, Suite 400. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. Telephone: 954.765.3553. Cell: 954.648.3368. Email: . TJMedina411@gmail.com. . TJMedina@se-equity.org. Rights . Feud . Civil Rights . Feud . Civil Rights Feud . . . . . Civil Rights Feud . . Civil Rights . Feud . Civil Rights Feud . . Civil Rights Feud . . . . Civil Rights. Q and A . History’s Lessons. PNHP Annual Meeting , Atlanta Nov. 4, 1017. David Barton Smith. “. The past is not dead, it’s not even past. .” Faulkner. . U.S. health system’s “formative years“ bookended by the Plessy and the Brown Decisions (e.g. 1896-1954).. Challenging Segregation . The Sit-In Movement . In the fall of 1959, four African American college students at a . Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, NC . sat at a “white’s only” counter and refused to leave until they were served.. Anti-poverty laws: War on Poverty (1964), food stamps (1964). Health care: Medicare (1965), Medicaid (1965). Other liberal aims. : model . cities, education, arts, environmentalism (1965). . President Johnson. Equal Employment Opportunity. “As . a consequence, self-discipline has eroded and societies are left to try to maintain order and civility by compulsion. The lack of internal control by individuals breeds external control by governments. What is Title VI. ?. Federal . Law . (42 U.S.C. 2000d). :. Title . VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . ensures that no person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. . Equal Employment Opportunity. “As . a consequence, self-discipline has eroded and societies are left to try to maintain order and civility by compulsion. The lack of internal control by individuals breeds external control by governments. Maintaining a high standard of equality through advocacy, education,  and diversity awareness. .. Policy Reviews. Labor Compliance. Title VI. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. Prevailing Wage/Davis Bacon.