With that assertion, President Lyndon B. Johnson on this day in 1964 signed into law a far-reaching civil rights act. The nation’s three TV networks carried the ceremony live from the East Room ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

3:39 p.m. Actor Bryan Cranston reads from LBJ's original address before signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act "This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our cities and our ...

3:39 p.m. Actor Bryan Cranston reads from LBJ's original address before signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act "This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our cities and our ...

Civil Rights Act of 1964 July 2, 1964. Document Number: PL 88-352. 88th Congress, H. R. 7152. An Act. To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts ...

Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Martin Luther King Jr. looks on. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. You Might Also Like. LBJ Goes for Broke. June 1 ...

1 of 3 | Then-President Lyndon B. Johnson (C) signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as the Rev. Martin Luther, standing behind him, and others watch on July 2, 1964, in the White House.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It forbade discrimination in public spaces, among other steps.

The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act passed during Johnson’s presidency. LBJ in 1967 appointed Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court’s as its first black justice.

S ixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a monumental piece of legislation that forever changed the nature of race and gender in ...

3:39 p.m. Actor Bryan Cranston reads from LBJ's original address before signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act "This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our cities and our ...