PRINTER'S NO. 1827
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
315
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY HAYWOOD, HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE, STREET, SAVAL,
FONTANA, KEARNEY, SANTARSIERO, ROTHMAN, CAPPELLETTI, KANE,
COSTA, BREWSTER AND DILLON, JULY 12, 2024
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JULY 12, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing July 2, 2024, as the 60th anniversary of the passage
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
WHEREAS, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("The Act") was
proposed by President John F. Kennedy in June 1963,
approximately five months prior to President Kennedy's
assassination; and
WHEREAS, President Kennedy's successor, President Lyndon B.
Johnson, pushed the bill forward and signed it into law on July
2, 1964; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" is a landmark civil rights and labor law
that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex and national origin at all places of public
accommodation, including restaurants, courthouses, parks,
theaters and hotels; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" bars employers and labor unions from
discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex and national
origin, protecting aggrieved workers with the establishment of
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the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" forbids the use of Federal funds for any
discriminatory program; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" prohibits the unequal application of
voting requirements; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" was referred to by civil rights leader
Martin Luther King, Jr., as nothing less than a "second
emancipation"; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" was later expanded to include Americans
with disabilities, the elderly and women in collegiate athletics
under its umbrella; and
WHEREAS, Passage of "The Act" paved the way for the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited literacy tests and other
discriminatory voting practices, and the Fair Housing Act of
1968, which banned discrimination in the sale, rental and
financing of property; and
WHEREAS, "The Act" continues to have an impact on the rights
of individuals to access voting, public accommodations,
education, employment and federally funded programs; and
WHEREAS, The 60th anniversary of "The Act" should be
commemorated for ending legal segregation and celebrated for its
role as one of the most significant legislative achievements in
American history; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize July 2, 2024, as the 60th
anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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