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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 130
Author: Mitchell (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Civil Rights Act of 1964
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and encourages the citizens of
California to observe the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as an
important occasion in the history of the United States.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people participated in
the March on Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their support of
civil rights for African-American citizens, and the mass
demonstration, as well as the violent attacks on peaceful
demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963,
galvanized support for national legislation against
segregation, causing a cataclysmic change in the political and
social order in America.
2.On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, legislation proposed by
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the most sweeping civil
rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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3.In 2014, the nation will commemorate the 50th anniversary of
the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans segregation
on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national
origin at all places of public accommodation and prohibits
discrimination by employers and labor unions and the use of
federal funds for any discriminatory program.
4.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended legal segregation and it is
fitting and appropriate that the enactment of this historic
legislation be commemorated in the State of California.
This resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and encourages the citizens of California to
observe the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as an important occasion in
the history of the United States.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
AL:e 6/25/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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