 How did the March on Washington affect the Civil Rights Movement?  Who gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech?

 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation.  It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public  The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."  President Lyndon Johnson signed both laws into effect.

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 Simply put, if you were old enough to vote you could vote without any restrictions

 Civil Rights Act

 57% of African American housing was judged to be unacceptable African American life expectancy was 7 years less than whites African American infant mortality was twice as great as whites African Americans found it all but impossible to get mortgages from mortgage lenders. Property values would drop a great deal if an African American family moved into a neighborhood that was not a ghetto.

 It gave federal government the right to end segregation in the South  It prohibited segregation in public places.  Federal funding would not be given to segregated schools  Any company that wanted federal business had to have a pro-civil rights charter.  Any segregationist company that applied for a federal contact would not get it.

 The original House version:  Southern Democrats: 7–87 (7%–93%)  Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0%–100%)  Northern Democrats: (94%–6%)  Northern Republicans: (85%–15%)  The Senate version:  Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5%–95%)  Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0%–100%)  Northern Democrats: 45-1 (98%–2%)  Northern Republicans: 27-5 (84%–16%)

 Signed the Voting Rights Act into law  Signed the Civil Rights Act into law