Civil Rights Act

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50th Anniversary

Civil Rights Act of 1964
Uncirculated Silver Dollar

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law greatly expanded civil rights protections, outlawed racial discrimination and segregation, and served as a model for subsequent anti-discrimination laws. Celebrate this ground-breaking law and its impact on the American Nation with the 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollar.

The obverse (heads side) design features three people holding hands at a civil rights march. The man holds a sign that reads WE SHALL OVERCOME. The design is symbolic of all marches that helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Additional inscriptions are LIBERTY, 2014 and IN GOD WE TRUST.

The reverse (tails) design features three flames intertwined to symbolize freedom of education, freedom to vote, and the freedom to control one´s own destiny. The design was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., who said: "They get the fire hose. They fail to realize that water can only put out physical fire. But water can never drown the fire of freedom." Inscriptions are CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, SIGNED INTO LAW JULY 2, 1964, E PLURIBUS UNUM, ONE DOLLAR and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.