On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” “Poverty is a national problem, requiring improved ...

Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sought to address systemic racism and prejudice that permeated American society at the time. It was the result of years ...

The year 1964 was momentous. It's the year that the youngest baby boomers were born, for one thing. (The oldest were born in 1946.) Other events: President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as ... That this Act may be cited as the "Civil Rights Act of 1964". SEC. 101. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971 ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly.

At least one changed mine. I was eight years old when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on Thursday, July 2, 1964, rendering segregation in public spaces ...