July 2, 1964 Legislation

Civil Rights Act of 1964

By U.S. Congress

The landmark federal law that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, ending legal segregation and transforming American society.

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July 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act Signed

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

August 28, 1963

March on Washington

Over 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech, demanding civil rights and economic justice.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The federal law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting, eliminating literacy tests and other barriers that had prevented Black Americans from exercising their constitutional right to vote.

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