AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed

history

President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act; its Title VI (barring discrimination in federally funded programs) was the basis of Lau v. Nichols, and Title VII (employment) underlay later Asian American workplace cases. (Shares Jul 2 with the Luce-Celler Act.)

Topics
  • law
  • civil rights
  • education
Event type
  • legislation
Regions
  • pan-Asian

Sources

  • archives.gov archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act
  • loc.gov loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-act-of-1964.html

Also on July 2

resistance

Luce-Celler Act Signed

President Truman signed the law granting naturalization rights and small immigration quotas to Indians and Filipinos, the first time either group could become naturalized US citizens. (Some sources give July 3.)