Mlk Civil Rights Act. The civil rights movement has had a significant impact on the history of the usa and played a significant role in forming modern society. In 1965, king helped to organize the selma to montgomery marches.
King and other activists watched the president sign the law. The civil rights act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation passed since reconstruction, authorized the government to take legal measures to. The act also banned job discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin.