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☆☆☆☆☆The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended racial segregation in schools, unequal application of voter registration requirements, and other such segregationist standards.
Silent Majority
President Kennedy's domestic agenda was primarily to fight poverty and move ahead in the space race with the Soviet Union. Anti-poverty legislation passed by Congress during his term included Social Security and minimum wage hikes, along with food stamps and the school lunch program.
Immigration increased steadily .
Unequal compensation for the same work, paid to different individuals based on their gender (which was almost exclusively lower pay for women).
discrimination against women
Existing American Policies were discriminatory.
Lee Harvey Oswald.
Because he did like the way treated African American soldiers
Lyndon B. Johnson
