President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 50 years ago this hour (July 2 1964)


Video: 'President Lyndon B. Johnson Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964'

(Thursday, July 2, 1964, 6:45 p.m. EDT; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68)) — President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the strongest civil rights law in nearly a century (known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964) tonight in the East Room of the White House, only three hours after Congress approved it amid cheers, and called on Americans to “eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in America.” (click here for more video of July 2, 1964, at 1:05:18)


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