This is not actually true, a great deal of credit for the passing of the Civil Rights Act can and should be attributed to nationwide riots that took place in the week directly following Martin Luther King Juniors assassination. Known as the Holy Week Uprising. The American public education system purposely doesn’t talk about this and pushes the peaceful protest angle to prevent any meaningful organizing. It can easily work here too
The Civil Rights Act that people commonly refer to as “The Civil Rights Act” passed on July 2, 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The Civil Rights Act of 1968, passed in the wake of the MLK assassination and Holy Week Uprising, is more limited in scope than the 1964 bill and mostly covers Native American rights and Fair Housing.
This is not actually true, a great deal of credit for the passing of the Civil Rights Act can and should be attributed to nationwide riots that took place in the week directly following Martin Luther King Juniors assassination. Known as the Holy Week Uprising. The American public education system purposely doesn’t talk about this and pushes the peaceful protest angle to prevent any meaningful organizing. It can easily work here too
The Civil Rights Act that people commonly refer to as “The Civil Rights Act” passed on July 2, 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The Civil Rights Act of 1968, passed in the wake of the MLK assassination and Holy Week Uprising, is more limited in scope than the 1964 bill and mostly covers Native American rights and Fair Housing.