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- Created by: MillieLynch
- Created on: 30-04-15 23:05
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- 1964: Civil Rights Act
- How was the act passed + Truman
- was in charge of weakening the 1957 Civil Rights Act!
- Result: public opinion changed, with 68% now supporting a meaningful Civil Rights Act
- Result
- African American riots- the act did not go far enough!!
- MFDP demanded seats at the democratic party convention
- Believed they were better representatives of the people in Mississippi
- MFDP demanded seats at the democratic party convention
- Southerners horrified at the acts extent
- Johnson dismayed by lack of support- still said to be his greatest achievement
- African American riots- the act did not go far enough!!
- MFDP demanded seats at the democratic party convention
- Believed they were better representatives of the people in Mississippi
- MFDP demanded seats at the democratic party convention
- African American riots- the act did not go far enough!!
- Johnson dismayed by lack of support- still said to be his greatest achievement
- African American riots- the act did not go far enough!!
- What the act said
- Prohibited segregation in public places
- Federal funding not given to segregated schools
- a segregationist company could not win a federal contract
- How was the act passed + Truman
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