forbids it. [ applause ] >> senator hubert humphrey has called the civil rights bill the greatest piece of social legislation of our generation. >> tell somebody my stamp, make sure we get some more hands here. >> the civil rights act of 1964 is not going to create instant brotherhood. no one pretends that. but the attorney general gets new power to bring suits against racial discrimination in voting, in public accommodations, in education, in employment. if a court finds you guilty of violating some part of the civil rights law, and if you continue violating the law, you can be fined or put in jail until you stop violating the law.