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Download full textSimmons, Linda – 2000
In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 82-352. This civil rights act forbade hiring, promoting, and firing discrimination based on sex or race. Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the law. Subsequent legislation expanded the role of the EEOC. Today, the EEOC enforces laws that prohibit…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This legislative amendment affects Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It provides that any program within an organization receiving federal financial assistance brings the entire organization or institution…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Citizenship, Civil Rights
