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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. The provisions of this act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the law. Today, the EEOC enforces laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age in hiring, promoting, firing, setting wages, testing, training, apprenticeship, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

In this activity, you will read and summarize parts of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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In your group, scroll to your assigned page of the Civil Rights Act’s Title VII—”Equal Employment Opportunity” (page 13-17; you may have to click “View Primary Source Details” to see your page).

Read, discuss, and summarize your page as a group. Later, you will each individually explain what your page says to your classmates.

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