Civil Rights Act

Equality: 50 years of the Civil Rights Act

December 1, 2014 1:00 pm
How far we’ve come—and how far we still have to go. “We must not approach the observance and enforcement of this law in a vengeful spirit. Its purpose is not to punish. Its purpose is not to divide, but to end divisions—divisions which have lasted all too long. Its purpose is national, not regional.