Enacted by the 88th U.S. Congress and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 2 July 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII specifically prohibits discriminatory employment practices, covering employers with fifteen or more employees, and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce it. Its provisions became effective one year after enactment, on 2 July 1965, and were later amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Facts
Era1964 CE, Title VII effective 1965 2 Promulgated ByUnited States Congress, 88th Congress, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson 3 Jurisdiction ScopeUnited States federal, employers with fifteen or more employees engaged in an industry affecting commerce 2 Regulatory DomainCivil rights and employment discrimination 2 Classification
Legal Status Jurisdiction Scope
Jurisdiction Scope (category) Era
Era (category)20th Century (1900-1999) 2 Connections
Associated With
Both are federal employment anti-discrimination statutes.
Title VII is the employment-discrimination title of the broader Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Title VII enforcement was amended and expanded by the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
In Legal System
United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Sources
1. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 42 U.S. Code Section 2000e - Definitions
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolSource credit, statusQuote, Source credit, status
Pub. L. 88-352, title VII, § 701 , July 2, 1964 , 78 Stat. 253 ; Pub. L. 89-554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 662
2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (U.S. EEOC)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSection 701(b)Quote, Section 701(b)
a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks.
3. Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.
Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985In Legal System: Law of the United States
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Group: Employment Rights and Pension Statutes, Introduction, sentence 2Quote, In Group: Employment Rights and Pension Statutes, Introduction, sentence 2
It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination.
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