Why was the 1964 civil rights act passed
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- Created on: 21-05-14 09:31
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- Why was the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed?
- NAACP, trade union and churches.
- They won
- Lobbied congress incessantly for the Civil Rights Act
- Long term
- Johnson
- Political
- Pushed the act through with skill and determination
- He was a non-elected president. He felt a duty to pass it. He recognised his political future could be in doubt.
- From Texas, therefore he was from a southern background. He could appeal to those from the south who doubted and assert that the act was necassary without being accused of an interferring Northerner
- Kennedy
- Johnson thought he wouldn't have to water it down due to sympathy of his death
- Passing the act seemed like a fitting tribute to him
- Media image
- damaged international reputation of being a free equal nation
- Pressure couldn't be ignorted
- Birmingham 1963 embarrassed Kennedy and America
- damaged Kennedy's potential legacy of being a civil rights former
- Time was right
- Kennedy's assassination
- Birmingham consequence
- March on Washington
- Social
- Johnson announced his vision of a 'Great Society'. This was an end to poverty and injustice
- Republican support
- Johnson got living ex presidents to sign a statement supporting principles of civil rights
- Persuaded republican leader to give his support to the bill and deliver republican votes
- Political
- Johnson knew who to persuade
- NAACP, trade union and churches.
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