In the early sixties blacks began to fight for equal rights and in 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act (Blumenthal, 2005). There were several different sections to the act and the House and Senate could not vote until the act was complete (Blumenthal, 2005). One section was Title VII, which opened jobs up to all races (Blumenthal, 2005). Representative Howard W. Smith proposed that “sex” be added to it, which said there could be no discrimination against blacks, or women (Blumenthal, 2005, p.14). He did this without sincerity, as he was vehemently opposed to the addition, as were most southern legislators (Blumenthal, 2005). He was certain he was safe making this gesture, because he felt the northerners that supported it would surely
