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1960's United States Civil Rights Movement
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Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
A Democratic party political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1963 to 1969. Johnson rose to power in the Senate. He was elected vice president in 1960, running with John F. Kennedy, and became president after Kennedy was assassinated.
November of 1963, his proposal culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson just a few hours after House approval on July 2, 1964. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On this day in 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote. The bill made it illegal to impose restrictions on federal, state and local elections that were designed to deny the vote to blacks. -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
