TITLE

This Week In Black History

PUB. DATE

July 2004

SOURCE

Jet;7/5/2004, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p19

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article presents news relating to black history in the month of July. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a legislative landmark, into law on this day. The Senate filibuster was overcome through the floor leadership of Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, the considerable support of President Johnson, and the efforts of Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois. Comprised of Titles I through XI, the 1964 Civil Rights Act barred discrimination in public accommodations such as theaters, restaurants and hotels, or locally owned or managed facilities such as parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, libraries, etc. It authorized the Attorney General to file school desegregation suits on written complaints, and barred discrimination under any federally assisted activity. Robert Tools received the first self-contained artificial heart on this day. Tools, a telephone company employee and former teacher, was near death from end stage heart failure when he underwent the procedure.

ACCESSION #

13579869

Tags: AFRICAN Americans -- History;  CIVIL rights -- United States;  JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973;  TOOLS, Robert;  ARTIFICIAL hearts

 

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