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Civil Rights Act of 1964
/ˈsɪvɪl raɪts ækt ʌv ˌnaɪnˈtin ˈsɪksti fɔr/
Definition
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A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public accommodations, employment, and federally funded programs.
Examples
Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, some diners were pickier about seating than a cat at a dog convention.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally outlawed job interviews that doubled as 'guess their ethnicity' games.
Thanks to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, motels stopped treating guests like VIPs based on their skin tone alone.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 turned 'whites only' signs into relics funnier than a bad stand-up routine.