WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964 — "the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction," as the National ...
In this Aug. 10, 1964 file photo, President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Joint Resolution for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, backing ...