Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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United States federal statute civil rights law

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

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Label	Occurrences
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 canonical	33
Title VI	4
42 U.S.C. § 2000d-2	1
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations under Title VI	1
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act is coextensive with the Equal Protection Clause in this context	1
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)	1
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as applied to HHS-funded programs)	1
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (legal claim)	1
Title VI – Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241400 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Context triple: [Civil Rights Division, legalAuthority, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]

A. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
B. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
C. Fair Housing Act of 1968
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, and later other protected characteristics.
D. Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed segregation and major forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, fundamentally reshaping American civil rights protections.
E. Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Target entity description: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

A. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
B. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
C. Fair Housing Act of 1968
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, and later other protected characteristics.
D. Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed segregation and major forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, fundamentally reshaping American civil rights protections.
E. Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ
appliesTo	activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
appliesToSector	education ⓘ health care ⓘ housing programs receiving federal funds ⓘ social services ⓘ transportation ⓘ
containsProvision	42 U.S.C. § 2000d ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-1 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-2 ⓘ linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-3 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-4 ⓘ linked to: Title 42 of the United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-5 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-6 ⓘ
coreRequirement	no person shall be denied the benefits of federally assisted programs on prohibited grounds ⓘ no person shall be excluded from participation in federally assisted programs on prohibited grounds ⓘ no person shall be subjected to discrimination under federally assisted programs on prohibited grounds ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enactedAsPartOf	Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
enactmentDate	1964-07-02 ⓘ
enforcedBy	U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights ⓘ linked to: Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Justice federal funding agencies ⓘ
fundingConsequence	authorizes refusal to grant or continue federal financial assistance for noncompliance ⓘ authorizes termination of federal financial assistance for noncompliance ⓘ
implementedThrough	federal agency regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 100 (Education) ⓘ
influenced	Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ⓘ Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ⓘ linked to: Title IX
languageAccessImplication	requires meaningful access for limited English proficient individuals through agency regulations ⓘ
legalCitation	42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq. ⓘ
legalEffect	creates administrative enforcement mechanisms for discrimination complaints ⓘ
partOf	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
partOfSeries	Titles I–XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ linked to: Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits	intentional discrimination in federally funded programs ⓘ
prohibitsDiscriminationOnBasisOf	color ⓘ national origin ⓘ race ⓘ
purpose	to ensure equal access to programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ to prevent federal funds from supporting discriminatory practices ⓘ
relatedCaseLaw	Alexander v. Sandoval ⓘ Lau v. Nichols ⓘ Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
requires	federal agencies to issue regulations implementing nondiscrimination requirements ⓘ
shortTitle	Title VI ⓘ linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
signedAt	White House ⓘ
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ

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Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1964 → title → Title VI – Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → subjectMatter → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → statuteInterpreted → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 → containsProgram → Title VI ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Coordination and Review Section → legalBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → appliesLaw → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → containsProvision → 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-2 ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → shortTitle → Title VI ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Educational Opportunities Act → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Special Litigation Section → legalAuthority → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title VIII → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights (HHS) → enforces → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as applied to HHS-funded programs) ⓘ

subject linked to: Office for Civil Rights

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title X – Community Relations Service → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1964 → title → Title VI ⓘ

subject linked to: CRA 1964

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights (DOJ) → enforces → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs) ⓘ

subject linked to: Office for Civil Rights

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Allan Bakke → basedOn → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (legal claim) ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Grutter v. Bollinger → legalIssue → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Grutter v. Bollinger → statuteInterpreted → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Bakke → subjectMatter → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Bakke → holding → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act is coextensive with the Equal Protection Clause in this context ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Bakke → statuteInterpreted → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Education Amendments of 1972 → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → legalMandate → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject linked to: OCR

Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 → containsTitle → Title VI ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Executive Order 13166 → basedOn → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Executive Order 13166 → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → legalBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject linked to: FCS

Lau v. Nichols → legalBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Lau v. Nichols → legalBasis → Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations under Title VI ⓘ

linked to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Alexander v. Sandoval → legalSubject → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → relatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

United States federal education laws → includes → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → statuteInterpreted → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (NASA) → legalBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Patrick Hamacher → hasLegalRightAsserted → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 → clarifiesApplicationOf → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights → overseesEnforcementOf → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency → legalBasisRelatedTo → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Executive Order 12250 → legalBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Martha Sandoval → legalIssueInvolved → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

Massachusetts English learner education programs → civilRightsBasis → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ

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