The Civil Rights Act of 1964
By: Robert H. Mayer, book editor.
Contributors: Mayer, Robert H., 1950-
Series: At issue in history
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: United States; Civil rights -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Politicians debate the Civil Rights Act; title: 1. Congress must act to protect civil rights / John F. Kennedy; title: 2. Debate in the senate chamber / Hubert H. Humphrey and Russell Long; title: 3. A threat to our system of government / Barry Goldwater; title: 4. Morality dictates that the bill be passed / Everett Dirksen; title: II: The American people debate the Civil Rights Act; title: 1. The bill will end discrimination in public accommodations / Roy Wilkins; title: 2. Kennedy's civil rights proposal is not strong enough / John Lewis; title: 3. Support for the civil rights law is a religious obligation / Eugene Carson Blake; title: 4. The Civil Rights Act is the result of mass protest / Martin Luther King Jr.; title: 5. The legislation takes away basic rights / Eugene Butler; title: 6. George Wallace's criticisms of the bill are wrong / James E. Clayton and Robert E.L. Baker; title: III: Assessing the act's passage and legacy; title: 1. The act's immediate success / Rowland Evans and Robert Novak; title: 2. Who were the heroes? What was the impact? / Robert D. Loevy; title: 3. The Birmingham protests pushed President Kennedy to act on civil rights / Adam Fairclough; title: 4. Affirmative action violates the Civil Rights Act / Allan C. Brownfeld; title: 5. Affirmative action: in the tradition of the Civil Rights Act / Nicholas Lemann.