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 Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended discrimination. Understand this 1964 Act's key rules, its landmark provisions against race ...

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

A political ad from President Lyndon Johnson's 1964 presidential re-election campaign was shown. The ad criticized Senator Barry Goldwater's (R-AZ).

President Johnson spoke about the dangers and responsibility of nuclear weapons. This segment was a campaign commercial for the 1964 Johnson presidential campaign.

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark law, saying he hoped to “eliminate the last vestiges of injustice” for Black Americans.

As we recognize the 61st Anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964, where are ...

Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; Johnson ran in his own right in 1964, winning in a landslide.

Saddened and shaken Americans coalesced around Johnson, the new president who signaled he would complete the slain Kennedy’s agenda. "There was no way we were going to have three presidents in a ...

Johnson had become President following the assassination of President John Kennedy in 1963 and had won election to a full term in a 1964 landslide; the expectation was that he would run for the ...