CIVIL RIGHTS 1964

WHAT DID DEMOCRATS DO? OPPOSE ALL LEGISLATION!13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat oppositionU.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote nothe 15th Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. ConstitutionPassed by REPUBLICAN Congress the year beforeJune 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who served in the SenateJune 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equalityThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDRNovember 21, 1991 President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislationAugust 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR