New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri describes how subsequent civil rights legislation in a variety of areas was modeled on the format and provisions of the 1964 Act.

New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri describes the Commerce Clause and how it was applied in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

New July 2022! Mark Updegrove, Executive Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, describes positions and strategies used by President Johnson to support passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor offer their analysis on the impact of the Civil Rights Act 50 years after its passage.

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Act on subsequent affirmative action policies and the effectiveness, impacts, and appropriateness of those poli...

New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri answers a student question about rights of the disabled and the influence of the Civil Rights Act on subsequent legislation directed at them.

New July 2022! Learn how the words "and sex" were added as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act; the original intent of the amendment, and the impact of its inclusion in the Act.

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor describe the purpose of the Commerce Clause and the role it played in the implementation of the Civil Rights Act.

Sister Mary Antona Ebo describes what it was like to travel to the segregated South.

William McAllister shares a story of his youth when he was discriminated against while attending a baseball game.

Topics in this program include provisions of the Act itself, the political, cultural, and legal forces that caused its passage, and the Constitutional concepts that were at issue.

Topics in this program include provisions of the Act itself, the political, cultural, and legal forces that caused its passage, and the Constitutional concepts that were at issue.