CSPAN Washington July 4, 2024
Anniversary of the act of 1964. Remind people what the Civil Rights Act did for the state of like america at that time. Guest you and all of your viewers and listeners. The state of black america focuses on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation in american his. It was americas m. It was signed by president johnson and he had to break a filibuster in the congress to get this past. The context in 1964 is we had witnessed as a nation march on washington, the jobs and freedom of august of 1963 and later, a month or so later, the bombing of the four little girls...