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Why was there much debate and disagreement over the 1964 civil rights act?

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Answer: Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 included provisions to strengthen the voting rights of African Americans in the South, these measures were relatively weak and did not prevent states and election officials from practices that effectively continued to deny southern blacks the vote.

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