Civil Rights Acts

Question 1

Civil RIghts Act of 1964

Answer 1

Initially abt race, now abt:
- race
-religion
-sex
-nationality
-disability
-age(for elderly)

Ended discrimination in all public places + job discrimination

• Created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, can levy federal resources in lawsuit
• Department of Education ability to assist

Question 2

Education Amendments Act of 1972 (amended 1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 2

TITLE IX
- Schools provude equal educational opportunities to both sexes (could work off numbers/funding instead of necessarily exact same things like two football teams)

Question 3

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 3

1. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCE 15TH AMENDMENT
2. Banned literacy tests
3. Pre-clearance lists, send to attorney general or US district court in DC to change voting laws

SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER (2013)
pre-clearance gone

Question 4

Civil RIghts Act of 1968

Answer 4

AKA fair housing Act
- Housing discrimination
- African Americans dissuaded from “whiter” sections of cities or suburbs, banks and real estate agents and government working together
- Section VIII< discrimination on sale rental financing house on race, religion, national origin, and sex gone
- Expanded to disability or family status

ENFORCED by US Department of Housing and Development HUD