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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coalition-Hawaii

Join us for the 2007 celebration of Dr. King's Birthday 
as we commemorate the 42th anniversary of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964

The story of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is interesting and instructive because it illustrates how an historically important piece of legislation became part of our nation's heritage. An examination of the Act also provides a way to understand the climate of opinion regarding African American rights, the nature of civil rights activity, the obstacles to political and social change, the role of politics in the way issues are handled, the actions of individual senators and representatives, and the nature of legislative activity in general.

In Hawaii, a brash young freshman congressman from the nation's newest state blew into Washington, D.C., and in only two years helped reshape America's future. It was Simple Justice. The intricate process that makes a bill become law is a combination of all these factors. More...