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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • 1.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Posted 11-13-2019 02:55 PM
    I am pleased that members of the Museum community are circulating a Facebook post promoting commemorations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Museums are covered by the Act as Public Accommodations because they were "places of exhibition or entertainment."  
    Every clause of the Act, for which we should all be eternally grateful, was hammered out in compromises by Congress and the Justice Department. Does anyone know who promoted or supported the inclusion of museums?  

    Thank you,
    --
    Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Ph. D., FRSA
    Suite 7C, 265 Riverside Drive
    Now blogging at outsidethemuseumblog on Wordpress.com

    (she, her, ms.)
     James Baldwin - You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [Early Essays]
    Mila Jasey -- If you are not at the table, you are on the menu

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