The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was linked to federal funding, which would lapse if a State failed to meet the act's requirements. Why was this an effective way of enforcing a law?

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was linked to federal funding, which would lapse if a State failed to meet the act's requirements. Why was this an effective way of enforcing a law?

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Brett Haas · Answer 1

President John F. Kennedy responded by calling for a meaningful civil rights bill in 1963, but his efforts were filibustered in the Senate. After his assassination that year, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson took up the cause. With the support of activists such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Johnson was able to get a bill passed in the House and Senate in 1964.

The 1964 Civil Rights Act is not to be confused with the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which bolstered the earlier legislation by, among other provisions, allowing damages for victims of intentional employment discrimination.