Black History Month – Feb 9/22

February the 9th Black History Wod:

“Civil Rights Act Has Passed”

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. In subsequent years, Congress expanded the act and passed additional civil rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Following the Civil War, a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery (the 13 Amendment), made the formerly enslaved people citizens (14 Amendment) and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race (15 Amendment).

Nonetheless, many states—particularly in the South—used poll taxes, literacy tests and other measures to keep their African American citizens essentially disenfranchised. They also enforced strict segregation through “Jim Crow” laws and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

For decades after Reconstruction, the U.S. Congress did not pass a single civil rights act. Finally, in 1957, it established a civil rights section of the Justice Department, along with a Commission on Civil Rights to investigate discriminatory conditions.

Three years later, Congress provided for court-appointed referees to help Black people register to vote. Both of these bills were strongly watered down to overcome southern resistance.

When John F. Kennedy entered the White House in 1961, he initially delayed supporting new anti-discrimination measures. But with protests springing up throughout the South—including one in Birmingham, Alabama, where police brutally suppressed nonviolent demonstrators with dogs, clubs and high-pressure fire hoses—Kennedy decided to act.

In June 1963 he proposed by far the most comprehensive civil rights legislation to date, saying the United States “will not be fully free until all of its citizens are free.”

Workout:

8 Rounds For Time
500m Row
10 Burpees Over Bar
10 Front Squats (95/65)
10 Back Squats
10 Overhead Squats

Upper Impairment

500m Row
10 Burpees over bar/Db
20 Front Squats (85/55) or (70/50 DB)
10 Overhead Squats (85/55) or (70/50 DB)

Lower Impairment

500m Row
10 Burpees Over Bar
10 Front Squats (95/65)(AK 75/50)
10 Back Squats
10 Overhead Squats

Neuromuscular

400m Row
10 Burpees or Knee Burpees
20 Front Squats (55/35) – Squat to a Box
10 single arm Overhead Squats (25/15 db)

Seated

300m Row
10 Slam ball 30/20lb.
10 Hang Clean 75/35
10 Shoulder Press
10 Behind Head Snatch Grip Shoulder Press

Sensory

500m Row
10 Burpees
10 Front Squats (95/65)
10 Back Squats
10 Overhead Squats

Short Stature

300m Row
10 Burpees
10 Front Squats (65/45)
10 Back Squats
10 Overhead Squats