April 5 Tip: The Politics of Passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act

From NPR's "Fresh Air": The Politics of Passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act

(The April 5 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/04/299063588/the-politics-of-passing-1964s-civil-rights-act?sc=17&f=13

Martin Luther King may not have had a vote in Congress, but he and the movement he helped lead were integral to getting the civil rights bill introduced. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of that bill, now known as the Civil Rights Act.

Among other things, the act outlawed discrimination in public accommodations — including restaurants, hotels and motels — ending the era of legal segregation in those places.