John+F.+Kennedy

In the 1960s, black and white people did not always have equal rights as one another. Whites had the upper class, the first choice, the good life, and the expensive materials. While on the other hand blacks were living in the slums or ghettos, were facing poverty, were getting jumped everywhere they went, and they couldn't even get to eat, sleep, or drink out of anywhere that the white people did. So, John F. Kennedy showed his unselfishness when he created the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Kennedy told Congress that the new civil rights laws he proposed involve every American’s right to vote, to go to school, to get a job, and to be served in a public place without arbitrary discrimination. Rights which most Americans take for granted. The Civil Rights Act of 1963 had eight sections and included laws to guarantee all people would have equal access to hotels, restaurants, and other public places. The act also helped black voting rights and school desegregation. Sadly, President Kennedy didn’t see his Civil Rights Act of 1963 become law. He was assassinated November 1963. The act became the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and after one year it was finally passed.