"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gail lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the sities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their adulthood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating 'For Whites Only.'"
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.In 1964, one year after Martin gave his speech, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. This act prohibited discrimination in all public accommodations, schools, and facilities. It made it illegal for any discrimination in federally funded projects. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was also created. This was a commission that monitored employment discrimination in public and private sectors. The act was initially proposed by President John F. Kennedy. After his assassination in 1963, the Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it.