Useful Links
Free Webinar Series on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Participants examine unique primary sources from the Library of Congress' collections that illuminate the unjust laws and practices that preceded the act and discuss teaching strategies to use in the classroom.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/teaching-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act
Discusses the Senate Debates over the Civil Rights Act
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/CivilRightsAct1964.htm
Participants examine unique primary sources from the Library of Congress' collections that illuminate the unjust laws and practices that preceded the act and discuss teaching strategies to use in the classroom.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/teaching-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act
Discusses the Senate Debates over the Civil Rights Act
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/CivilRightsAct1964.htm
Primary Sources
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-era.html
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Titles II and III: The Right to Go Where You Want
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-titles-ii-and-iii-the-right-to-go-where-you-want
TITLE III--DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/civil-rights-act-of-1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 — Title IV: Equal Education for All
A decade after Brown, Title IV again called for desegregation of public schools. Studying images of segregated schools close in time and place can help students build a picture of the wide discrepancies between educational facilities.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-title-iv-equal-education-for-all
Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination
:https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html?loclr=blogtea
Full text of the Act
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-era.html
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Titles II and III: The Right to Go Where You Want
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-titles-ii-and-iii-the-right-to-go-where-you-want
TITLE III--DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/civil-rights-act-of-1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 — Title IV: Equal Education for All
A decade after Brown, Title IV again called for desegregation of public schools. Studying images of segregated schools close in time and place can help students build a picture of the wide discrepancies between educational facilities.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-title-iv-equal-education-for-all
Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination
:https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html?loclr=blogtea
Full text of the Act
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf