Civil Rights Act 1964: Public Policy Process

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Tom C. Clark High School

Public Policy Process
Civil Rights Act 1964

Aissa Castaneda
AP Government
Johnson
13 April 2018

Public Policy Process
The media plays an integral role in the forming of a policy. Citizens are informed through the media on how a policy will impact them and the government has the ability to hear back what the citizens think about the policy. The media has the ability to choose what issues to cover but with showing some and not all can lead to issues. In the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was signed by then president Lyndon B. Johnson, ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning …show more content…

Usually the candidates propose a possible policy in their campaign speeches and if elected they are expected to follow through to please those who had voted for them based on their views. President Lyndon Johnson depended heavily on the elected members of congress to help pass the Civil Rights Act. Johnson saw that the Civil Rights Act needed to be fulfilled in his years of presidency as former President John F. Kennedy hoped to do. As John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson had the goal of ending discrimination so did their political party and interest groups which had the same views as the presidents and they pushed this policy. An interest group that can be seen during this era are key leaders of the Civil Rights Movement such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and John Lewis. These people showed great concern with the discrimination that was happening to their own people and helped push the Civil Rights Act with their impactful acts of protest. With Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy being democrats, the democratic party backed up President Johnson in his wishes for passing the Civil Rights Act because they had the same …show more content…

They put the law into action and make sure the citizens of the United States abide by it. They do whatever they seem fit just as President Kennedy saw the discrimination in the workplace getting out of hand and put out the executive order 10925 that made sure there was no discrimination in the workplace. The iron triangle which consists of interest groups, congress, and the bureaucracy all push the government to pass laws that they stand up for and believe is right and constitutional. The interest groups are very passionate like Martin Luther King Jr. was with the end of segregation. He and many egged on congress to pass the Civil Rights Act and implement it into

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