16th Street Baptist Church bombing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Resulting legislation== [[File: Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Lyndon Johnson]] signs into effect the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. July 2, 1964]] The Birmingham campaign, the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington]] in August, the September bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church, and the November [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]—an ardent supporter of the civil rights cause who had proposed a Civil Rights Act of 1963 on national television<ref name="Civil Rights Act of 1964">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/civil-rights-act.htm |access-date=May 28, 2019 |title=Civil Rights Act of 1964 |work=[[National Park Service]] }}</ref>—increased worldwide awareness of and sympathy toward the civil rights cause in the United States. Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, newly-[[Inauguration|inaugurated]] President [[Lyndon Johnson]] continued to press for passage of the civil rights bill sought by his predecessor. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into effect the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. In attendance were major leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King Jr.<ref name="Civil Rights Act of 1964"/> This legislation prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin; to ensure full, equal rights of African Americans before the law. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page