It burnished Motion King 's reputation , ousted Change_of_leadership Connor from his job , forced Motion desegregation in Birmingham , and directly paved Motion the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited Preventing_or_letting racial discrimination in hiring practices and public services throughout the United States .

Widespread publicity surrounding the case turned Becoming it into a `` cause célèbre '' among certain Americans ; it and other race-related Navy protests of 1944–45 led Causation the Navy to change Change its practices and initiate the desegregation of its forces beginning in February 1946 .