Measuring Progress on Civil Rights Act’s 51st Anniversary

51 years later, the 1964 Civil Rights Act is reevaluated in minority communities across country | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, considered a crowning achievement of the civil right movement, turned 51 Thursday. Signed on July 2 by President Lyndon Johnson, the legislation made it a crime to segregate public places, to discriminate against potential employees and to deny access to government services, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex…