And as we have traveled that road. we have seen thousands of acts of heroism. large and small. by the brave and determined Americans who made that journey with usmen and women of both races struggling to secure the reality of freedom. equality and human dignity. The Great Society brought to our Nation a series of comprehensive and effective pieces of legislation. designed to remove barriers to equal opportunity. Those laws. the Civil Rights Act of 1964. the Voting Rights Act of 1965. the Immigration Act of 1965. and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. instituted new types of civil rights guarantees and clarified and reinforced old ones. Additionally. they established penalties for failure to comply with their requirements. Lists of affected racial and ethnic populations were formulated and women were finally entitled to protection under these laws as a result of hundreds of years of discrimination.
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