What was the reaction to the civil rights act of 1964?

the more northern states i would the line from northern Maryland on up although they had there own opinion and prejudices against Black people they accepted it and took heed to it and followed it so blacks achieved some kind of equality and things definitely got better in the north,

from Northern Maryland on down it was definitely harder to accept this newness of equality for all people, black and white, you had angry governors and senators over looking the continued segregation, indeed separate was not equal. I know that even though Martin Luther king was relieved to and elated about the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 I know he was not content with the progress the south was making but the government stood by and supported the act and threatened the states that would not comply.

i am quite sure about the reaction to the civil rights act of 1964 but i do not have concrete fact so it can be classified as an educated opinion based upon 10 years of studying history.