1964 Dbq

When you think about how far as a country we have come you would be amazed. In the 1960s the Americans only knew the potential of the equal protection of the laws so that is what they followed (National Archives). Not knowing that the congress would soon come up with an act that would provide even more opportunities for America. In 1964 the Congress passed an Act called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states there is not to be any separation on the grounds of race, religion, or national origin wasn’t allowed in any public places which included courthouses, parks, and restaurants (Civil Rights Acts), and that act is still around to this day. It also banned discrimination in public places and as employment. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 brought …show more content…
Riots began to break out and they would bring problems to the different cities. When all the different cities and states you would of think that they would work to help make this act successful but it just brought riots and problems. The riots were the biggest problems because when they broke out they broke out between the ages of 15 and 25 because they were unemployed and didn’t have an education. The younger juvenile gangs began to also played a big part in the uproars in the upper cities and in the smaller cities that were going under. The places were Harlem, Rochester, Philadelphia, Jersey City, and etc... In these parts they had many problems from being poor, overcrowded, and the lower parts. All the riots were raised against the police and government officials who wouldn’t allow people the chance to use the act or to even have the act used them in the long run (Civil Rights …show more content…
The landmark event it was made up largely in the presentation that was complete with the imagery, luminary, and the heroic figures, and the parades and the famous people who made speech of 1964. The public history and the family stories and Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Park’s refusal to the Act because of the interracial team up. They both sat in during the march and they announced that they fought hard for the victories. During the era of this act the realistic thought of the racism and the separation of and the amount of history that was behind the Civil Rights movement and they are found in the story line they tell us (Journal of American History). This act was flawed and it was very public during the anniversary. When we look at the anniversary that happened three years ago you look at Ferguson, Missouri, and in New York. The Civil Rights Act helped us to look at what happened and how it could have been better and worse for each of the tragedies. When looking at the problems and what happened we look at how some of the different problems like “black lives matter” movement and by the Supreme Court and the decisions on voting rights. The anniversary helped us to understand it more and how it helped the