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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in what may become a landmark case on the workplace rights of LGBTQ Americans. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act bars employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex --…
Arts Jan 08

Arts Jan 08

Politics Jul 02

Wednesday marks 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. Gwen Ifill is joined by Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come,"…
By PBS NewsHour
Jun 24

By Lyndsay Knecht, KERA
Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But that didn’t come without a price. It was the era of the Freedom Summer, a brave and bloody campaign to get blacks registered…
Jun 12

By Colleen Shalby
Fifty years ago this July, President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Civil Rights Act. Do you remember its passage?…
Apr 11

Apr 11

By Gwen Ifill
From where I sit in Washington -- as midterm malaise sets in once again -- it’s breathtaking to look back on a time when so much got done.
Apr 10

Half a century ago, Lyndon Johnson signed landmark legislation outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. At a summit honoring this chapter of Johnson’s legacy, President Obama applauded the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for opening doors of opportunity…
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