The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

December 1. 2009

Martin Luther King Jr.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, bars people from discriminating against others based on race, sex, nationality or religion. This also means, any government agency, hospital, organization, website, company or entity receiving federal funds, may not discriminate or violate the rights of others, as the penalty for such misconduct is the loss and revocation of funding and criminal charges.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted to grant everyone equal access to services and opportunities white Americans enjoy, due to Jim Crow and segregation having gripped the nation. It was also brought into being to protect minorities from being abused and violated, as was the practice during the civil rights era, when the call was made for change.

Sadly, some continue to violate the rights of minorities and others in society, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was meant to protect from harm and undue abuse.

It's amazing in this day and age that people are still violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It's not something to be proud of, as it classes you with the worst of mankind. It is a terrible black mark and a disgrace to violate it in modern times, with society allegedly having progressed towards equality.

However, when one starts discriminating against minorities, citizens' of foreign birth or others based on religion, you have disgracefully spit on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a most shameful manner.