On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act.

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Sun Jul 3, 2022: On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act.

LBJ signed monumental Civil Rights Act, today 1964:

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In East Room, LBJ signs Civil Rights Act in presence of RFK and MLK, today 1964:

As LBJ was the first to say, Civil Rights Act, signed today 1964, would have been almost impossible to pass in Senate in the absence of his partnership with Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois [to left of Johnson]:

I asked Lady Bird Johnson in 1995 which U.S. Senators were most admired by LBJ. Her reply was: conservative Southern Senators who risked their careers and livelihoods to stand up for civil rights.

"Let us close the springs of racial poison...and make our Nation whole," said LBJ to Americans on TV while signing Civil Rights Act, today 1964--link to two-minute video:

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[czarjak]

1. My Klan-Daddy went ballistic too.

[vercetti2021]

2. And here we are

Fighting the same fucking battle.

[Hiawatha Pete]

3. K&R