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President Trump claimed that the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 led to White people being treated “really badly.” This rhetoric may appeal to those who “romanticize a former white-dominated America” and view any effort to level the playing field as a form of degradation. Yet, it distorts the historical reality of this period. Indeed, the irony isn’t lost on Black people that for nearly a century after the abolition of slavery, White people maintained black codes, hundreds of state-based laws “specifically designed to curtail the economic, political, and social freedom of African Americans.” They attempted to “restore much of the slave system that existed prior to the war.” Thus, Black people and others fighting to secure civil rights were responding to a nation that adopted racist laws, policies, and practices. They were not, as some suggest, harming White people by advocating for the passage of this legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and educational settings.
Before the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Black people could not visit most public libraries, receive medical care at hospitals, or book a night’s stay in hotels owned and operated by White people.
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