By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst | The Conversation | Word In Black (WIB) - Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.” Yet,as a historianwho studies social movements and political change, I think the law’s most important lesson for […]

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