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4. Besides African Americans, who else is protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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Answer:

Disabled Americans, the elderly and women in collegiate athletics.

Step-by-step explanation:

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was nothing less than a “second emancipation.” The Civil Rights Act was later expanded to bring disabled Americans, the elderly and women in collegiate athletics under its umbrella.

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