[Vision2020] On this day in 1964 . . .

[Linda Pall]

Dear Joan and Visionaries,

Firecrackers, for sure!

Forty years ago TONIGHT, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, signed by President Johnson, was the official death knell for segregation of races in public accommodation all across America... Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos... all people could partake of public accommodation on an equal basis.

And there was one more really terrific part of this bill: In an effort to sink the Act, an amendment was introduced to apply Title VII of the Act concerning equal access to employment to women, thinking that it would not pass. Well, surprise, boys, it did! This legislation has been a landmark for progress in equal employment opportunity over those 40 years.

Are we home free? Assuredly not. BUT we've come a long way.

Happy Second and Fourth of July!

All the best,
Linda Pall


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joan Opyr 
  To: Vision2020 Moscow 
  Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:16 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] On this day in 1964 . . .


  Dear Visionaries,

  On July 2nd, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, officially ending segregation in the South.  The bill outlawed discrimination against black Americans in restaurants, stores, education, and employment, and it gave the Attorney General broad powers to help speed school desegration and ensure voting rights.  As we mark 228 years of US independence, let's set off a couple of firecrackers tonight to mark the 40th anniversary of this visionary act.     

  Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment



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