Civil+Rights+Act+of+1964-ED

This act was signed by President Johnson. It was the most comprehensive civil rights law Congress had ever enacted. It gave the federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimination in a large number of areas. The law mad discrimination illegal in most places of publis accommodation. It also gave all citizens, any race, equal access to public places. In schools, lawsuits were created to force them to desegregate. It required private employers to end discrimination in the workplace.