The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Explained | This Day Forward | msnbc

An edited and enhanced compilation of a Universal Newsreel and archival photos from the time period summarize basics of the 11 titles that comprised the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Explained | This Day Forward | msnbc

[@chaddisrud535]

Does the fed definition of public accommodation go beyond hotels/restaurants/theaters/businesses that affect commerce (commerce as defined in 42 U.S.C. 12181)? It seems that it only applies to places that are primarily involved in interstate commerce and that small companies or even small hotels are exempt. As 42 U.S.C. defines "commerce", wouldn't it's narrow definition be the only acceptable one applicable to this code? If you know of some other U.S.C. which rescinds this or redefines "public accommodation" or "commerce" more broadly, please comment. Thanks

[@susu-mi7kx]

Time for another Amendment

[@chaddisrud535]

@@susu-mi7kx I'm glad it limits what is "public", because, without that there wouldn't be anything which is fundamentally private.

[@drstone1167]

🆘 Crazy nervous Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden and the Democrats want to rig future elections and here’s what democrats are trying to do. ❌ CANCEL voter ID ❌ Legalize ballot harvesting ❌ Grant universal mail-in voting ❌ Allow illegals to vote ❌ Empower a federal takeover of all elections If Democrats can’t cheat at elections they can‘t win so they want the rules changed so they can. Pathetic !

[@drstone1167]

@@chaddisrud535 🆘 Crazy nervous Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden and the Democrats want to rig future elections and here’s what democrats are trying to do. ❌ CANCEL voter ID ❌ Legalize ballot harvesting ❌ Grant universal mail-in voting ❌ Allow illegals to vote ❌ Empower a federal takeover of all elections If Democrats can’t cheat at elections they can‘t win so they want the rules changed so they can. Pathetic !

[@chaddisrud535]

@@drstone1167 left wing or right wing, the vast majority of politicians and the US federal government are from the same treasonous bird

[@pathetic_girl]

You know whats ironic, I saw a sign that said people not property, get this, in a school. Thats a bit hypocritical

[@pathetic_girl]

afreen it’s called a joke, didn’t get it?

[@pathetic_girl]

afreen it’s called a joke, didn’t get it?

[@pathetic_girl]

afreen it’s called a joke, didn’t get it?

[@iszatso]

@@pathetic_girl The reply so nice you said it thrice

[@jovaraszigmantas]

damm right brother

[@rentslave]

We need a Civil Responsibilities Act!

[@international128]

Good men.

[@adriancarty612]

Democrats opposed the bill

[@goodoboy505]

Democrats then are Republicans now.

[@ryukaganzeroful]

Absolutely false. Both civil rights act were fought against by (technically) Republicans. I'm not a Democrat. I fall center right on the political spectrum. You're spreading misinformation to further your own narrative against democrats. The democrats of the south at the time were largely far right by today's standards, and even in their own time they were much more right leaning than Northern democrats. I'm sure I don't need to explain why there might have been a political bias in the south vs northern states at this time in history. If you want to discredit historically democratic motives and movements you're going about it the wrong way.

[@KingBranBDM]

And they all became Republicans afterwards.

[@vetteds]

yay

[@blanenoel4231]

Say my name! Reddit say it ! The son of Mary! Noel!

[@mai-lovebeautiful9746]

I made comments under Mai-love Beautiful different email but someone changed it or deleted it. Please note I would not make offensive or insulting comments. 1763- the line of proclamation 1863- Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation speech. 1963- JFK civil rights speech. 2063-??? Civil life. You have a right to not get shot or make higher than minimum wage.

[@pyrosapien4028]

"It restricts no ones freedom, so long as he respects the rights of other" Well that was a lie

[@julianG1212]

Yeah for the first 5-10 years

[@mrsantoro8306]

No they cause all their problems themselves then blame it on racism. It’s easy to blame someone else for your actions.

[@davidross6179]

Republicans got this bill voted in! But democrats took 100% of the credit.

[@scottsullivan234]

I wonder, before the CRA of 1964, did most places ban blacks? I mean, could blacks attend a Chinese restaurant or did they go along with segregation also? Did it offend their white clients to have blacks dinning next to them? Were they allowed on government property, like public beaches? In old black and white photos, I don't see any blacks at beaches.

[@KingBranBDM]

Black People predominantly in the south were only allowed to attend such establishments on certain days of the week. But they were not allow to be amongst white people or feel that they were at anyway equal to White Society.

[@emmanuelmacharia3589]

You can easily get this information if you want it. There's a plethora of documentaries and all kinds of books on it. There was TV and Cameras so it's a pretty well recorded time period.

[@kelsopoolie]

@@emmanuelmacharia3589 Why not just answer the question?

[@emmanuelmacharia3589]

@@kelsopoolie Because it's a very loaded question and it took me days of research to answer this question. I refuse to spend a minute of my life answering a question whose answer freely floats all over the internet

[@kelsopoolie]

@@emmanuelmacharia3589 Listen to yourself: It takes days to find this information? That would make sense why the guy would ask a question in a comment section designed for the community to discuss this topic at hand, rather than spend days searching for the info. You wouldn’t spend a minute passing on information? The person wasn’t even asking you. And yet here you are, taking several minutes out of your day just to look like a fool. He didn’t ask you specifically. You could’ve just scrolled past.

[@tylerbroccoliproteccsquad4936]

No

[@ramennoodles8804]

Tyler PlayzGamez yes

[@CarExhaustEater]

N

[@iszatso]

Shut up nerd

[@cameron8713]

Yes bestie

[@kittystxr]

dork

[@eugene44569]

who is here becasue of george floyd?

[@bunny1308]

i’m here because my history teacher said so :)

[@sparvez2303]

@@bunny1308 same

[@daveyork0]

How awesome that racism was only a thing before LBJ had JFK capped!

[@austino5076]

No proof he did that

[@poloblack7408]

Racism was always a thing

[@sluggo5260]

daveyork)....he was definitely in on it, as was the Secret Service, as can be seen when reviewing the Dallas tapes and seeing the Secret Service agents being ordered off of JFKs limousine riding perches just before it turned the corner and came into firing range of "the shady knoll" where numerous witnesses swore the shots came from. The shekel is a powerful weapon for deceit.

[@KingBranBDM]

Nope it was Deep than Deep Ellum. Deeper than Dallas. Remember that you had a Vietnam War going on. The war was more important than upstart Civil Rights Politics. The war was part of the Cold War which was a war against Communism. JFK's enemies won America 20 years after his death.

[@bwisdom4484]

they should a did one for the other colors too who were in poverty. this did divide. because there were and still are wealth family's of all color lol what a funny joke

[@Nada07able]

The same bill is for them too.

[@owengordon175]

This bill wasn't just for black people. All minority groups as defined by race are included.

[@kadokang4479]

B wisdom has no wisdom. Please fill us in on the other folks you are speaking of?

[@AnythingLounge]

This comment section is full of dead brain angry trolls please take down your name B Wisdom because you'll never have wisdom talking like that

[@KingBranBDM]

Bwisdom you know nothing about Segregation in the South and wealth meant nothing at the time. You know nothing about the racial restrictions in the North like Redlining. It's literally a lot that you either did not know when you wrote this or still do not know today.

[@mmtoss6530]

The Civil Rights act summarized in a word: Draconian

[@evelynzlon9492]

We still haven't learned that employment rights and access to wealth are 2 different things entirely. There are other more important components to one's net worth besides employment income. Slavery is a job. Sharecropping was a job. Yet like Charlie Brown taking another kick at Lucy's football, we are enchanted by the egalitarian wording of the Civil Rights Act. We eat it right up, all of us.

[@evelynzlon9492]

I do know one black genius college professor whose 2 daughters graduated from Harvard. He turned a quick buck after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, and purchased a large tract of rural land as fast as he could. Remember that the US government originally reneged on 40 acres and a mule. This black genius well knew that the US government was still his enemy, so he deemed America's DISCARDED racial policies to be more valuable than the ACTIVE ones. Like Danny Glover in the Color Purple, he intentionally did the exact opposite of the government's recommendations. As soon as he could. Perhaps he couldn't pinpoint exactly WHY this was important, but he knew it WAS. As it turns out, it was important...

[@morbidlyoppressed9038]

2020 : 1 person =multiple votes

[@randibgood]

That's the REPUBLICON way!

[@rah-mown6392]

The downfall of America.

[@AnythingLounge]

Hey bro just because you're white doesn't mean you have to be a racist piece of s*** I mean I know your parents raised you to be that way and you don't like black people having equal rights you nasty disgusting human being but you need to at least have a little respect

[@nasirreese766]

@@AnythingLounge You are a product of this very bill, this bill was created and intended for the "black cv leaders" to sell black americans to the democratic party in exchange the black americans got ebt, affirmative action, etc so that they would vote Democrat for the next 200 years, its only been 69 years or so

[@Leegendari]

How

[@haatpraat2993]

Your just lamenting a kick in the face against white racism.

[@juanchoresultay2704]

For White americans who opposed this law 😂😂😂😂😂😂