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What provisions did the civil rights act of 1964 include?​

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In 1964 Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241), popularly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The word "sex" was added at the last moment.

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This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, and includes the following

  1. it prohibited discrimination in all public places
  2. the rights provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities,
  3. it made sure employment discrimination was illegal
  4. it also enforced the constitutional right to vote.
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