On July 2, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed
into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised
ceremony at the White House.
The most sweeping civil rights legislation passed by Congress
since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, the Civil Rights
Act prohibited racial discrimination in employment and
education and outlawed racial segregation in public places
such as schools, buses, parks and swimming pools.
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