jul 2, 1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964
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1. This act banned the use of different voter registrations for blacks and whites, prohibited discrimination in public places, and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate job discrimination.
2. JFK and Lyndon B Johnson were crucial in the act's passing.
3. It would've been signed in Washington DC
4. One major cause of the act was March on Washington which built support for it. JFK's assassination also helped push it through Congress.
5. One major effect of the act was the outlawing of racial segregation.
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