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Civil Rights Act And Title Vii In Kings
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History-making marches In 1963, King and the SCLC worked with NAACP and other civil rights groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which attracted 250,000 people to rally for the civil and economic rights of Black Americans in the nation's capital.
Prohibit discrimination in education, employment, public accommodations, and the receipt of federal funds on the basis of race, color, gender, nation origin, and religion.
In 1963 King helped organize the March on Washington, an assembly of more than 200,000 people at which he made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The march influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace.
King's most famous moment came during the 1963 March on Washington when he delivered his indelible 'I Have a Dream' speech. More than 250,000 people from varying ethnic backgrounds attended the March on Washington; it helped to further galvanize the nation even as it demonstrated support for the civil rights movement.
Ultimately, King was arrested 30 times for his participation in civil rights activities. In 1963, he was one of the organizers for the March on Washington and the following year he received the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1965, King helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches.
In 1963, King and the SCLC worked with NAACP and other civil rights groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which attracted 250,000 people to rally for the civil and economic rights of Black Americans in the nation's capital.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, founded the SCLC in order to have a regional organization that could better coordinate civil rights protest activities across the South.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees and job applicants from discrimination based on religion. Title VII also requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee or prospective employee, unless doing so would create an “undue hardship” on the employer.
The most accurate description of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in the Civil Rights Movement is that he was a leader in the movement. King's commitment to nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience was foundational to the movement.