Essays on Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Introduction

The Civil Right Restoration Act of 1987, also known as Groove City Bill, is a US bill, which dealt with governing of the federal money in the institutions in order to guarantee the execution of civil rights (Safransky, 2017). Its main task was to bring non-discrimination laws back into action. On February 1987, Senator Kennedy introduced the ‘Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987’ (Lewis & Dale, 1988). The act was one of the most important legislative documents at that time. Its significance can be compared to the 1972 Amendments. The Act deals with three federal laws. They are the Title ...

Firstly, the previously existing problem of the minority students, who were often denied opportunities to live in on-campus or off-campus housing and facilities, was resolved as a result of Title III of Act, since under it the attorney general can himself file suit about the denial of use of public facilities, and the lack of funds for effective legal representation has become not a problem anymore (Safransky, 2010). Secondly, the access of anyone, irrespective of race, color, or national origin to the participation in the higher educational program, financed from the federal funds, has been assured. What is more, ...

After a read of Margaretta Midura’s 2013 article dubbed John v. Jennifer, A Battle of the Sexes, it is impossible to remain disinterested in the impact of gender on one’s employment opportunities. Perhaps one’s academic prowess does not necessarily give him or her automatic ticket to success. On the contrary, the employers that one seeks to impress with good grades and a university degree might harbor prejudices that will create another hurdle based on the sexes. That is what Midura implies in John v. Jennifer. According to the author, in the fields of science, technology, engineering, ...

Introduction

Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination. The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

Discrimination legislation

Even in modern day society, issues of religious discriminations still mar working environments and that should be an issue of concern. Different adherents are affected by what managers in different communities decide to be the basis of their employment terms and conditions. Rather than have a singular platform that allows more people to appreciate the changing strategies as part of addressing their religious discriminations that appear as part of addressing legal policies as defined by the constitution. Based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, religious conditions should not be included if the applicant’s religion ...

The American constitution advocates for the equality of all people in the United States. The law in the US protects all the vulnerable and minority groups who live within the American territories. Specifically, religious minority groups and the disabled are among the protected individuals in the American law. The legislative and judiciary arms of government have been in a push to ensure that the rights of the aforementioned groups are protected legally. In this context, this paper will analyze the way the American law recommends employers’ treatment of individuals with disabilities and those from different religions. Significantly, this paper ...

What effect did communism have on the United States at home and abroad from the end of WWII until the 1990's? What effect did it have on U.S. domestic and foreign policy? Make sure you give examples to support your claim! The end of the Second World War marked the separation of the Allies and the beginning of the Cold War between two superpowers, the United States of America and the USSR. First of all, the Cold War was the conflict between two leading political ideologies, communism and capitalism. The key ideas of communism were completely opposite to capitalism, ...

Breach of Morality and Remedy

The case of breach of morality as presented in the film occurs when Josey realizes that there is a high rate of sexual harassment directed towards female workers at her new work place, the iron mine site. Josey also fall a victim of sexual harassment from her co-worker Bobby; she decides to inform her boss, Pavich concerning the issue but the Pavich refuses to take the issue as a serious challenge. This is an aspect of breach of morality because Pavich consciously refuses to take the right actions concerning the issues raised by Josey. To remedy this breach, Pavich ...

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

Research Paper

The Civil Rights Act and All the Way The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most arduous and hard-fought social progress movements in American history. Capitalizing on the confluence of aggressive resistance to Jim Crow laws and increased pressure from the American public to foster racial equality, President Lyndon B. Johnson had an extremely difficult time reconciling the deep divisions that existed between progressive whites and blacks and Southern whites who wanted to maintain social restrictions on black people. This conflict is depicted in Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way in an accurate, dramatic manner, showcasing the ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a milestone in United Stated labor law. It was the first comprehensive piece of legislation to prohibit employment discrimination by race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It also prescribed the allocation of federal funding to any discriminatory program at the State level. Additionally, it created the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which was mandated with enforcing anti-discrimination federal laws in the workplace as well as legislation that prohibit punitive measures against employees who complain about the treatment. The EEOC can also file a lawsuit against employers on behalf of victimized ...

The 1960s were marked with the eruption of various social movements across the United States of America. Nowadays, the talks about them cause lots of controversies, as far from everyone thinks that that era became the watershed in American history. The Social Protests movements of the 1960s often cause an air of disappointment, and most Americans think that despite the fact the idea was good, it was not finished just fading into the background and bringing no changes. The aim of this paper is to argue against this statement. One cannot call the Social Protests movements of the 1960s ...

After the American Civil War of between 1861and 1865, the federal government abolished slavery in the United States through the endorsement of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Subsequently, before the law, persons of African descent were free from the yoke of bondage and concurrently, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments declared black people as citizens of the United States and gave them the rights to vote respectively. In other words, racial divisions were no longer recognizable before the law and as a result, equality among blacks and whites was possible. The problem was that white supremacy was not a ...

Civil Rights and Government Responsibility

The most memorable event of an expansion of civil rights liberties is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that realigned race relations between the whites and African-Americans. The gains of the Act in the last fifty years cannot be underestimated, as it opened the social space on which black people could utilize to better their lives and make their impact in the growth of America (Fairclough, 2003). State Governments, especially the ones from the South that were very conservative The Act legalized affirmative action that gave black people equal rights to employment with the whites. Through this move, many ...

This paper describes the social movements that Blacks participated in during the period from 1900 to date. It tackles the ways in which the movements can be described as one long civil rights movement, and also how were they distinct movements. The paper further assesses their goals and the manner in which they have effected change in the United States. The paper also points out prominent civil rights activists that played an important role in spearheading the civil rights movements. Most of the black social movements from 1900 to date have basically been fighting against racism. The 20th Century ...

Introduction

Employment discrimination refers to preventing discrimination at the workplace on the basis of age, sex, nationality, religion, ethnicity, physical disabilities and various other parameters (Player 4). Employment discrimination extends to prejudice in terms of hiring and recruitment, promotions, compensation, job roles, termination, harassment and retaliation. The Constitution of the United States has formulated protective measures to ensure no employer practices any kind of employment discrimination. As such, the federal government has devised a multitude of legislature and acts, which prevent different sorts of employment discrimination. Some of these acts include employment at will, Civil Rights act, sexual harassment, pregnancy ...

Civil Rights History in the United States

The Civil Rights movement came to the fore almost after almost 100 years after the abolishment of slavery, but the predominant white populace, especially in the Southern States, found ways to get around the legal laws and statutes. Jim Crow Laws limited the way the American African American and populaces were allowed – to, or not – to vote, further there were other written and unwritten societal rules which were intended to intimidate during the 1950s and 1960s peoples of African American origin where meant to alienate and deter the mingling between whites and blacks at any level of societal interactions. ...

American nationalistic Founders sought to describe and define national good that transcended prejudices and local interest. This national good would encompass merits of self-defense and wealth that were to be realized by the active participation of all Americans in a large commercial nation that could be able to defend itself in an ever changing and unpredictable world. It was only by the use of the constitutional rule of law that national interest and America’s higher purpose would be attained. This higher purpose would involve demonstrating to mankind that self-governance was feasible, and sustainable justice would be the ground ...

Issue: Did the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err by granted North American Stainless’ motion for summary judgement based on their argument that Thompson’s claim was not allowed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Rule: An employer is prohibited from discriminating against any of its employees as retaliation for filing a charge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. An employee can file a charge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employer if they believe that the employer’s unlawful agreement practice was ...

Research conduction, as well as memo drafting processes, are crucial lessons every student learns in the course of his/her studies. More relevant are the teachings a student acquires through actual involvement. Through life skills acquired and valuable academic information, an individual hence or otherwise appreciates the importance of such a process. Various challenges encountered prepares one for future studies and insightful changes which if effected would lead to better results. As a person, I gained a real understanding of the process when conducting my previous research and it is evident if given another chance I would execute things differently. ...

The sources I have found so far are adequate. They have provided information on the political history of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, the various parts and service provisions of Medicare as well as the relationship between healthcare and civil rights. The sources are:

Health Care, Human Services, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by FindLaw organization

Medicare and Medicaid by Thomson Gale The 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid: Providing Hope for the ACA’s Future by Justin Morgan Reaction Notes In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments that resulted in the initiation of Medicare and Medicaid in America (Morgan par 3). Previous attempt to introduce accessible ...

Abstract

One of the most significant milestone that has been done for the United States’ civil rights platform is enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These rights were enacted on July 2nd, 1964. It is through these rights that the rights of civil servants in the United States were assured of protection against such discriminations based on their sex, race, and religion, place of origin or color of their skin. This paper will in detail examine the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The paper will in detail elaborate on the meaning and significance of the Act as well ...

MEMO

After a thorough research, it is evident that the constructive discharge of the employee is relevant as the company’s production schedule changed due to the increased production of the company (“How to Prevent Constructive Discharge,” 1999). The company did not consult the employees before it changed the production schedule. Initially the production employees worked Monday through Friday. Due to the company growth, the production schedule of the company had to be revised and a few changes made. At the beginning of the following year, the employees were supposed to work in shifts of 12 hours. Each employee was supposed to ...