The Long Road to Dignity: The Wrong of Segregation and What the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Had to Change

Authors

Paul Finkelman

Keywords

Legislative committees, Terrorism, United States, United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964, Legislative Bodies, Segregation -- United States, Legislative bills -- United States, Civil rights -- United States, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) Johnson; 1908-1973

Abstract

The article focuses on the segregation in the U.S. and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under the administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. Topics include the personal battle and triumph of Johnson in passing the legislation to address the segregation in the country, the beginning of civil rights and the joint committee on reconstruction, and the response of the legislators and judiciary to southern terrorism.

Repository Citation

Paul Finkelman, The Long Road to Dignity: The Wrong of Segregation and What the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Had to Change, 74 La. L. Rev. (2014)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol74/iss4/4