History The Civil Rights Movement Questions
Some key legislative and legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement include:
1. Civil Rights Act of 1964: This landmark legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
2. Voting Rights Act of 1965: This act aimed to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. It prohibited discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
3. Fair Housing Act of 1968: This act prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
4. Brown v. Board of Education (1954): This Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
5. Loving v. Virginia (1967): This Supreme Court case struck down laws banning interracial marriage, declaring them unconstitutional.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1968 (also known as the Fair Housing Act): This act expanded on previous legislation by prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
These legislative and legal victories played a crucial role in dismantling segregation and institutionalized racism, promoting equal rights and opportunities for all Americans.