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USA federal law question - employment.[edit]

The laws that prevent companies from discriminating on race, religion, country of origin, etc. Around what time period did those laws originate? I'm guessing it was FDR or some earlier president. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 12:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The federal government wasn't much involved until the March on Washington Movement and Executive Order 8802 of 1941. Comprehensive laws didn't exist until the Civil Rights Act of 1964... AnonMoos (talk) 12:57, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, if I'm reading this correctly, then Republicans supported this law more than Democrats did. So this is an example of a law, where the opposing party supported the bill more than the party that introduced the bill did. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 14:05, 16 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The March on Washington and Civil Rights Act had extensive Democratic support, with the exception of the southern Dixiecrats, many of whom (IMHO) were more aligned with Republican views. DOR (HK) (talk) 18:26, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I'm not sure this is on the same thing now. I remembered the 1964 civil rights bill that LBJ signed was revolved around Black people getting the right to vote. Not on what my topic was. So that bill was intertwined? 67.165.185.178 (talk) 22:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

See Voting Rights Act of 1965.

1964 was an odd transitional moment for the U.S. Republican party -- it was having its first success in appealing to southern opponents of civil rights with the Barry Goldwater presidential campaign, but the vast majority of southern politicians (and so the great majority of vehement segregationists) were still affiliated with the Democratic party. Republican politicians were northern and western business supporters who were often skeptical of government intrusiveness and overreach, but usually had no particular investment in maintaining the southern system of segregation, so that at least some of them were open to moral or political appeals on behalf of civil rights... AnonMoos (talk) 14:50, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection against discrimination based on sex was inserted into the 1964 Civil Rights bill as a last-minute poison pill. The bill passed anyway. Imagine Reason (talk) 13:16, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine that the modern-day equivalent poison pill would be to include clauses offering protection for homosexuals, or, even better, transsexuals. Eliyohub (talk) 08:52, 21 October 2021 (UTC) [reply]

History of 20th and 19th century navbox[edit]

At the bottom of the 20th and 19th centuries articles there are navboxes saying history of 19th and 20th century on both articles. Also if you go to for example 1990s articles or 1980s and backwards 1970s 1960s etc history of 20th century navboxes are there too at bottom of each articles. My question hoping i'll receive understanding and help on this is the people responsible for creating those navboxes and applying them to centuries and decades articles mentioned above is there a reason behind the fact that for example the 1990s are considered history now. When will 2000s and 2010s become history like the 1990s and etc. I hope i'm making sense. I also asked a question on 8 may 2020 but forgot to clarify and make my question make sense.2001:8003:740C:D100:CD30:276:3762:CA2 (talk) 15:33, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Everything that has already happened and in some way been recorded is history now, including the news in yesterday's newspaper. But a bit more distance than a day is generally needed to assess the significance of the events that make up history and to discern trends and patterns. We do have an article on the 2010s in science and technology, but people may feel it is too early to list it in the navbox template {{20th century}}. Or nobody thought of it – no one is specifically responsible for creating or maintaining such navboxes. --Lambiam 22:33, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't the 2010s be in {{21st century}}? Alansplodge (talk) 22:40, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. So it is too late to list it in {{20th century}} :). Although we already have an article 21st century in literature, there is no 21st century in science. --Lambiam 09:08, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]