The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act banned discrimination of race, gender, national origins, and religion in hiring, promoting, and firing. The act also banned segregation in public places and schools and ended discriminatory voting practices. The act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in July 1964.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not solve all problems of discrimination but gave more opportunities to everyone. As the years passed the Law became stronger than it was initially by Congress enacting more laws and because of the Supreme Court's decisions because of the law. In a case called Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. vs the United States the court decided the Act could be applied to private businesses. In this case the owner of the hotel did not want to serve Black people and he sued in Federal Court to say the law didn't apply to him but he lost.