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Triumph to tragedy on race.(Scan)
We've just marked the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the defining legal decision of the past century, in which the Supreme Court ruled school segregation by race to be un-Constitutional. Ten years later, with the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Congress solidified the basic principle of Brown: a prohibition of all racial discrimination by government.
The history of race law since then has been one of breathtaking judicial misbehavior. The end of segregation and prohibition of official racial discrimination soon came to be seen by activists not as a triumph, but as an obstacle. Race activists pressed the nation to move from prohibiting segregation to compelling integration. In 1968 the Supreme Court granted their wish in Green v. County School Board, which required government race discrimination in order to mix the races.
This violated Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, which specifically warns that "'desegregation' shall not mean the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance." No matter. The Court required busing to undo residential racial concentration and create near-perfect racial balance in the giant Charlotte-Mecklenberg, North Carolina school district.
The Court similarly converted the prohibition of race discrimination in employment in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act ...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents Obama, Barack H July 2, 2009 700+ words
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- Civil Rights Commission endorses Civil Rights Bill. (Civil Rights Act of 1990)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 28, 1990 700+ words
...of Congress in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1990," and "urges Congress...modifications. In a statement on the Civil Rights Act of 1990, the commission said...report examines provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 from both a legal and...
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- Magazine article from: Building Design & Construction February 1, 1992 700+ words
The Civil Rights Act of 1991, signed by President Bush...awards. The damages specified in the Civil Rights Act will also apply to persons discriminated...by the new law. Commenting on the Civil Rights Act's significant broadening of damages...
- Peaceful protesting during the civil rights movement.(Civil Rights Act of...
- Magazine article from: New Moon September 1, 2006 700+ words
...1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize a civil-rights protest that took the form of a massive march on Washington...congresspeople alike. In 1964, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 1990 700+ words
...27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Civil Rights Act of 1990 would constitute a massive...very nature of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Originally intended...bring civil rights cases, the Civil Rights Act of 1990 (CRA) "rejects the...
- Listening to the civil rights movement.(ESSAY)(Civil Rights Act of 1964)
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Festle, Mary Jo November 1, 2005 700+ words
...right thing, resulting in path-breaking laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. TIMING Although...decision as the first significant national victory of the Civil Rights Movement, it's instructive to look to World War II...
- Moravian College Professor Edits Book on Civil Rights Act of 1964; Collection...
- News wire article from: AScribe Law News Service January 22, 2004 700+ words
...of original sources about a major piece of civil rights legislation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, part of the "Opposing Viewpoints...40th anniversary of the legislation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a key element in the Lyndon B...
- 1984: The legislation. (Civil Rights Act of 1984) (editorial)
- Magazine article from: National Review October 5, 1984 700+ words
PROPONENTS of the Civil Rights Act of 1984 insist, as is cutomary...civil-rights laws. The new Civil Rights Act is necessary, its backers say...the general population. The Civil Rights act of 1984, in other words, would...
