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FIFTY YEARS LATER: THE LEGACY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
Author(s) -
Hersch Joni,
Shinall Jennifer Bennett
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.21824
Subject(s) - harassment , legislation , civil rights , political science , scope (computer science) , judicial interpretation , immigration , population , law , interpretation (philosophy) , disparate impact , wage , race (biology) , sociology , gender studies , demography , computer science , programming language
Abstract This paper assesses the legacy of the Civil Rights Act over the past 50 years, reviewing its history, scope, and impact on wage, employment, and segregation outcomes of the Act's five protected classes. In addition to improving outcomes for protected classes, the Act launched a period of expanded civil rights legislation and established a framework that allows expansion of coverage through judicial interpretation without requiring passage of new laws. Applications include prohibiting sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination and protection against color discrimination separately from race discrimination, which may be increasingly salient with increased immigration and with a multirace population.