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8 page double-spaced MLA historiographic essay about what historians have argued and written about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Be sure to also have the 9th page as a bibliography, a minimum of 4 scholarly historical sources (peer-reviewed historical journal articles and/or book-length monographs written by historians only). More information on the format of the essay in the files attached.
What historians have argued and written about COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores some of the major problems in United States history since 1865 The first task for this histographic essay is to select an issue, problem, topic or event that you can relate to intellectually from the ist of approved topics provided by the instructor
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Outline
Thesis Statement: Based on the aspect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, various historians have
developed different ideas indicating the relevance of the Act by focusing on the events that led to
the passing of the law.
I.
Background Information Regarding the Act
A. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed on 2nd July 1964.
B. The legislation was previously proposed in June 1963 by John F. Kennedy.
II.
Reason for the Proposal of the 1964 Bill
A. President Kennedy had proposed the 1964 bill in the report that he had written 11 June
1963.
B. The reason for proposed the bill was to provide every American citizen with the rights.
III.
Alan Brinkley’s Argument on the Act
A. General View
B. Role of the Media
C. Role of the Black Leaders
IV.
Howard Zinn’s Argument on the Act
A. General View
B. Techniques Applied to Demand for Equality
V.
Conclusion
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was associated with a series of events that were considered
to be among the issues that contributed to the change of the United States in terms of equality.
One of the events that were associated with the Act was the Civil Rights Movement in which
various historians apply to describe the 1964 Civil Rights Act (Graglia 101). The movement
indicated how the black Americans were progressing from being perceived as the second class
Americans to a unified population that managed to deal with high tensions regarding the white
segregationists and the African Americans. Alan Brinkley and Howard Zinn clearly indicate the
relevance of the Act in the period of the Civil Rights Movement in their books entitled ‘The
Unfinished Nation’ and ‘A People's History of the United States.' Each of these historians has
taken a different perspective on how the white American leaders responded to the issues that led
to the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as well as the significance of the movement
involved. Brinkley and Zinn have also described the achievements and the failures experienced
by the black Americans in the period. Brinkley focused more on the significance of the period on
the traditional perspective especially on the decision of the Brown vs. Board of Education, the
relevance of the Acts, as well as the Montgomery bus boycott. Besides, Zinn has focused on a
different perspective that is considered to be very beneficial since he concentrated on particular
injustices experienced by the blacks as well as the challenged they faced. Based on the focus of
the two historians, Zinn is considered to be more persuasive in discussing the events before and
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after the enactment of the bill since he focused more on the issues of violence, inequality, and
racism experienced by the blacks unlike the ideas of developed by Brinkley. Based on the aspect
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, various historians have developed different ideas indicating the
relevance of the Act by focusing on the events that led to the passing of the law.
Background Information Regarding the Act
During the Civil Rights issues of the 1883 landmark, the Supreme Court of the United
States had passed that the Congress had no authority to prohibit private sector discrimination
leading to the str...