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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed as a law on July 2,1964 by President Johnson. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most comprehensive civil rights law the Congress had ever enacted. It gave the federal government power to prevent racial discrimination in a number of areas. It made segregation illegal in most public places and that all citizens of all races and nationalities equal access to public facilities. It also gave the U.S. attorney general more power to bring law suits to force school desegregation and required privat employers to end discrimination in the workplace. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) became a permanent ageny in the federal goverment. Which monitors the ban on job discrimination by race, religion, gender, and national orgin.



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