President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King, Jr., others look on. July 2, 1964 in the East Room of the White House.
July 2 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
