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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Joan and Visionaries,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Firecrackers, for sure!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Are we home free? Assuredly not. BUT we've come a long
way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Happy Second and Fourth of July!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>All the best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Linda Pall</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 2004 10:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] On this day in 1964
. . .</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Dear Visionaries,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<BR></DIV><BR clear=all>
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