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2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-07-01 21:05:43
Description: On the 2nd July 1964, American President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law at the White House. The Act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and is consequently viewed as a landmark piece of civil rights legislation. The 1964 Civil Rights Act originated in the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, who had shared the statistics of racial inequality with the American people, such as the fact that life expectancy for an African-American was seven years less than that of a white American. It was also a time when Civil Rights protests ...
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