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Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In a nationally televised event in the White House, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, the most comprehensive civil rights legislation passed by Congress since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War. In addition to prohibiting racial discrimination in employment and education, the bill outlawed racial segregation in public places such as schools, buses, parks and swimming pools.

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1964
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