60 years of the Civil Rights Act

Hailey Heseltine  reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com  As of Tuesday, July 2, it has been 60 years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. This act was the result of a struggle that had lasted centuries; it ended legal segregation, prohibiting the separation of individuals by race in public places such as schools, libraries, public transportation and other areas. Furthermore, it also prohibited several kinds of discrimination based on different factors, such as sex, religion, national origin and other characteristics. The passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an influential event in American history.  For many years, the principle of "separate but equal" was used to