The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, is a landmark piece of civil rights and US labor law legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Title VII is the section of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits employment discrimination.
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