Civil Rights Act of 1964: Difference between revisions

[[File:Civilrightsact1964.jpg|thumb|right|First page of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]]This title barred unequal application of voter registration requirements. Title I did not eliminate [[literacy test]]s, which acted as one barrier for black voters, other racial minorities, and poor whites in the South or address economic retaliation, police repression, or physical violence against nonwhite voters. While the Act did require that voting rules and procedures be applied equally to all races, it did not abolish the concept of voter "qualification". It accepted the idea that citizens do not have an automatic right to vote but would have to meet standards beyond citizenship.<ref name="20201215CivilRightsMovementHistory1964July-Dec">{{cite web |title=Civil Rights Movement History 1964 July-Dec. Here: Sections "Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed into Law (July)" and "Effects of the Civil Rights Act" |url=https://www.crmvet.org/tim/tim64c.htm |publisher=Civil Rights Movement Archive – SNCC, SCLC, CORE, NAACP |access-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201215092815/https://www.crmvet.org/tim/tim64c.htm |archive-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Civil Rights Movement History 1964 Jan–June. Here: Sections "Civil Rights Bill Passes in the House (Feb)" and "Civil Rights Bill – Battle in the Senate (March–June)" |url=https://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis64.htm |publisher=Civil Rights Movement Archive – SNCC, SCLC, CORE, NAACP |access-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201215093343/https://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis64.htm |archive-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_civilrights64text.htm |title=Major Features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |work=CongressLink |publisher=The Dirksen Congressional Center |access-date=March 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206191323/http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_civilrights64text.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2014 }}</ref> The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] directly addressed and eliminated most voting qualifications beyond citizenship.<ref name="20201215CivilRightsMovementHistory1964July-Dec" />▼