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1964 Civil Rights Act
1media/1964 Civil Rights Act_thumb.jpg2021-12-23T05:18:41+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act establishes affirmative action programs, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender, creed, race, or ethnic background: "to achieve equality of employment opportunities and remove barriers that have operated in the past" (Title VII). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is also established through Title VII to prevent job discrimination. The Bracero Program, the government program initially put in place during WWII, ends. It brought Mexican laborers into the country to replace the American men who were fighting overseas. When the war ended the program continued.plain2021-12-23T05:18:41+00:001964Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49