Question

what effect did the assassination death of potus kennedy have on passage of civil right legislation ?

Answer 1

Remember that in 1963, 100 years of the Emancipation Proclamation were celebrated by African Americans and Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

John F. Kennedy, sadly, was assassinated while he was in the process of passing a Civil Rights Act.

After his assassination, his vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, wanted to continue the legacy of JFK. Using his connections as a native from Texas, he gathered support from southern white congress members and JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy, from the Justice Department.

Thus, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in order to honor JFK's legacy. His death is what made this legislation keep on going, and today, it is one the greatest pieces of legislation written in the history of the United States.

Answer 2

Kennedy defined the civil rights crisis as moral, as well as constitutional and legal. he announced that major civil rights legislation would be submitted to the congress to guarantee equal access to public facilities, to end segregation in education, and to provide federal protection of the right to vote.