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Congress responded to the Civil Rights Movement by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender in employment facilities.  It also passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which guaranteed everyone the right to vote in federal elections.  This was designed in particular to ensure the right to vote by southern blacks.   

Congress responded to the Civil Rights Movement by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender in employment facilities.  It also passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which guaranteed everyone the right to vote in federal elections.  This was designed in particular to ensure the right to vote by southern blacks.   

Some civil rights activists became militant and violent.  From 1966 through the early 1970s, the Black Panthers collected weapons to resist police and promoted a violent approach to establishing civil rights.  Many of them were arrested and went to jail.  This shift from a productive movement to a destructive one was marked by the abandonment of Christian values and a pronounced move to the left; key members of the Black Panthers, such as [[Angela Davis,]] were also Communists.

Some civil rights activists became militant and violent.  From 1966 through the early 1970s, the Black Panthers collected weapons to resist police and promoted a violent approach to establishing civil rights.  Many of them were arrested and went to jail.  This shift from a productive movement to a destructive one was marked by the abandonment of Christian values and a pronounced move to the left; key members of the Black Panthers, such as [[Angela Davis]], were also Communists.

== The "Great Society" ==

== The "Great Society" ==