Civil Rights Act of 1964

In 1964, Congress and President Johnson addressed the rampant discrimination that was occurring in the workplace against African-Americans as well as other people of color by passing the Civil Rights Act. In addition to addressing discrimination based on color, they also addressed other forms of workplace discrimination that had historically been a problem. Title VII of the act applies to employers who employee 15 or more employees and prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on race,…

today’s world. The topic I decided to discuss is age discrimination. During 1967, the federal law under the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) was enforced to protect employees’ ages 40 or older rights to work and in 1986 to protect mandatory retirement. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, “the law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The…

Video: “Rape in the Fields” in retrospective. Frontline, Univision, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting partnered a year long investigation, to tell “the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families”. Their collaboration resulted on the hour-long documentary “Rape in the Fields” that aired June 25, 2013. The video shines a light one the…

1776, America declared independence from Great Britain and created a government based on the rights of all men. Thomas Paine, a supporter of these ideals, believed that this new and just government resulted in equality between all. However morally sound the government was, there was still one flaw: it was centered on the rights of men. During this time, the creators of the government did not give the same rights to women as they did to men. This male centered government resulted in gender…

Throughout time, the true meaning of beauty has been viewed from many different perspectives, but no era has given witness to evolving beauty like the 1970’s and it’s new found love for life, music, and political protests. In order to move on to the next generation first, we had to go through a series of ignorance. We had groups such as the infamous KKK who did not like to cooperate and tried everything in their power to scare the Blacks out of their area. They would go as far as burning their…

connects with the Disability Act because they both explain that even though a person may have a disability the still have abilities like everyone else. The Disability Act is a very important act in U.S history because of what it states, the history of the act, and the challenges faced. There are many different parts to the Disabilities Act and one of the parts is equality. The Disability Act makes sure that everyone has full access to every aspect in ones life. The Disability Act removes…

for the future. He knew what the people wanted, and that is exactly what he gave them. With not taking no for an answer Lyndon B. Johnson was able to protect the civil rights of society; civil rights, Medicare, environmental safety, public advertising and to help get rid of the poor. Lyndon B. Johnsons signed a Civil Rights Act in 1964 and 1968, which finally stopped the segregation between races and allowed equal opportunity for all. This has helped the United States immensely by destroying…

been an emphasis on producing more field research on this topic. The second social policy implication in place is that of legislation. Women’s rights groups have strongly been fighting for the development of clear policies and definitions against sexual harassment. They have also fought for harsher punishment for those who have participated in this horrible act. There has also been a strong push for women who have been forced out of their jobs due to this occurring to them to be able to receive…

Mrs. Ledbetter was not compensated for the injustice, but it brought the case front and center that even after the tragic outcome something good came out of it. On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which stated the 180 days statute of limitations would reset every time an individual received a discriminatory paycheck. It also promoted voluntary compliance by employers, for example, some employers took measures to develop compensation setting…

was not until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that public facilities were desegregated under Title III of this Act which “provides all individuals the right to equal use of public facilities” (US Legal). This type of segregation has long been abolished. In the twentieth-first century everybody is equal. The United States has learned to see people for what they are-humans. Despite religion, sexual orientation and even race, everybody is equal, and everybody is worthy having equal rights to public…