GREEN, Ohio â Southwest Airlines announced major cuts at the Akron-Canton Airport on Tuesday, including all nonstop flights to Florida and a route to Las Vegas that hasn't even begun yet. The cuts take place in mid-April, according to Kristie Van Auken, Akron-Canton's senior vice president.
Introduction. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which 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 legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.ead-up to the Civil Rights Act. Following the Civil War (1861-1865), a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: Passed under the Johnson administration, this act outlawed segregation in public areas and granted the federal government power to fight black disfranchisement.The act also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to prevent discrimination in the work place.isenhower passed this bill to establish a permanent commission on civil rights with investigative powers but it did not guarantee a ballot for blacks. It was the first civil-rights bill to be enacted after Reconstruction which was supported by most non-southern whites.