Different titles:

• Title I: Desegregation of Public Facilities.

• Title II: Desegregation of Public

Accommodations.

• Title VI: Prohibiting Discrimination in Federally

Funded Programs.

• Title VII: Equal Employment Opportunity.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF

1965
Key igures: Impact:
• Martin Luther king jr., Civil rights • End of legal segregation
leader and activist

• Equal voting rights

• John F. Kennedy, support for this act

• Lyndon B. Johnson, signed the act • Fair employment practices

into law
• Educational opportunities
• Roy Wilkins, leader of the NAACP increased
advocated this movement

Enacted on July 2, 1964

Lead up: Legacy:

• Amendments: End Slavery, Citizenship, Voting • Civil Rights Act '64 - A 'Second Emancipation.'
Rights.

• Unfair Tactics: Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests. • Inclusivity: Disabilities, Elderly, Women.

• Segregation & Klan Violence. • Voting Rights Act '65: Fair Voting.

• Congress Acts '57: Civil Rights & Commission.

• Fair Housing Act '68: No Property Bias.

• '60: Referees for Black Voting, Southern

Resistance. • Legal Segregation Wanes, Equality Gains.
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 Purpose
• Elimination of racial discrimination in voting

• Equal access of voting for all citizens

• Expand political participation

• Eradication of barriers in voting from southern

states

VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965

Key igures: Legacy:
• Lyndon B Johnson , Signed Voting
Right Act into law
• Increased African - American voting
rate
• Martin Luther King Jr, key role during
voting rights
• Symbol of civil rights

• Everett Dirksen, key role of getting

• In luence on future generation
the act pass in the Senate

• Hubert Humphrey, US vice president • Prevention on discriminatory

changes
supporting civil rights

• Shift of political power

Impact August 6, 1965 Results

- Protecting freedom of expression

• Reducing social tension

• Creating a friendly environment - Building Solidarity

• Changing cultural perceptions - Breaking free from stigma

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