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1964 C.R. Dig. [1] (1964)

handle is hein.civil/newprspc1964 and id is 1 raw text is: CIVIL RIGHTS DIGEST PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20425 SPECIAL BULLETIN-AUGUST 1964 A SUMMARY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 This summary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was prepared in response to questions about the Act which have come to the Commission from citizens in every section of the country. It is designed to provide a clearer under- standing of the major provisions of the new statute. Some of the questions raised about any new law cannot be fully answered until the policies and programs necessary for carrying out the law have been developed by the appropriate Government agencies. Other ques- tions will be further clarified as the courts deal with cases brought under the law. This summary was prepared by the staff of the Commission and is available for distribution as a service under the national clearinghouse function assigned the Commission by the new Civil Rights Act. Title I VOTING The purpose of this section is to provide more effec- tive enforcement of the right to vote in Federal elec- tions (for President, Vice President, presidential elec- tors or members of Congress) without regard to race or color. It also speeds up the procedure by which voting rights suits may be decided. The Act: a. requires that the same standards be applied to all individuals seeking to register and vote; b. forbids denial of the right to vote because of some minor mistake or omission; c. requires that only literacy tests that are written may be used as a qualification for voting; and that the tests and answers be available on request; d. establishes that in voting rights law suits the court must presume that anyone who completed the sixth grade is literate, unless the State can prove otherwise: In any voting suit brought by the Government charg- ing that there is a pattern or practice of voting dis- crimination, either the Attorney General or the defendant may ask that a three-judge Federal court be appointed to hear the case. Appeals from the decisions of such a court may be taken directly to the Supreme Court. Title II PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin is specifically forbidden in the fol- lowing places of public accommodation: a. hotels and motels, restaurants, lunch counters, movie houses, gasoline stations, theaters and stadiums;

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