5 feb 1964 año - Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Johnson was able to use the shocked mood in the nation and his connections in congress drive to drive through his civil rights act. The Act made all racial, sexual and religious discrimination unlawful, it gave the Attorney-General the power to file law suits to speed up desegregation, it established the Fair Employment Practices Commission and it banned exclusion from restaurants stores and other public place.) (Cinta de tiempo)