Jazmyne Owens interviews GeDá Jones Herbert on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its impacts on civil rights protections and enforcement in public schools.

WASHINGTON — On this day in 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a groundbreaking bill that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, religion, ...

Attorneys for the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) will be in federal court Monday, May 12 to begin their defense of a portion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which the current American ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 19, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was ...

With a stroke of a pen, President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964 — 50 years ago Wednesday — ended hundreds of years of legalized racial discrimination in America. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

Bans on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, closures of federal civil rights offices, stopping the collection of data about diversity and discrimination - civil rights lawyers and scholars ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During this era, which rose to prominence in the 1950s, Black folks worked ...

July 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution for independence from Britain. In 1788, it was announced in the U.S. Congress that the ...

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By supporting the AI Civil Rights Act of 2025, Congress can take a monumental step to protect our civil rights in the digital ...