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Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Encyclopedia Virginia


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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of national legislation, not only for the civil rights movement but for the emerging women’s movement of the 1960s. It officially outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment and established the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission to enforce those provisions. In contrast to earlier civil rights measures, it included a ban on employment discrimination on the basis of gender, as well as race, color, and religion, making it the most comprehensive civil rights bill in American history and giving the revived women’s movement new legal and moral weight. Yet, in an ironic twist, the legislation banned gender discrimination only because of the efforts of Howard W. Smith, U.S. representative from Virginia, a leader of the Conservative Coalition in Congress, and an opponent of civil rights. His tireless attempts to defeat the bill including adding “sex” as g ....

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House bill passes to rename Greensboro Post Office


House passes bill that would rename Greensboro Post Office in honor of Congressman Howard Coble
U.S. Rep. Mark Walker introduced the bill that would rename the Yanceyville Street Post Office after his predecessor.
Author: Ria Andresen
Updated: 6:39 PM EST December 10, 2020
GREENSBORO, N.C. The North Carolina House has passed a bill introduced by U.S. Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) in March that would rename the Yanceyville Street Post Office as the J. Howard Coble Post Office Building. 
Walker released the following statement Thursday:
For more than three decades, Howard Coble blessed our community with his humbling leadership, representing the Greensboro area valiantly throughout the halls of Congress,” Walker said. “ ....

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