The
Civil Rights Act of 1968, is a landmark part of legislation in the
United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race,
creed, or national origin and made it a federal crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin.” The Act was signed into
law during the
King assassination riots by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had previously signed the
Civil Rights Act and
Voting Rights Act into law.