Black History Fact- February 10

After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments… On February 10, 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a vote of 290-130. The bill prohibited any state/local governments and/or public facilities from denying rights because of race or ethnicity. Furthermore, It gave the U.S. Attorney General power to enforce desegregation law suits and allow the federal government to discontinue federal funds to any companies and states who discriminated.. along with labor organizations and interstate commercial companies. Later on, future Georgia governor Lester Maddox, became the first person prosecuted under the Civil Rights Act.

Also, on this day in 1937.. Singer Roberta Flack was born in Ashville, NC.