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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act at a desk in the White House, surrounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. and a group of witnesses. President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at a desk preparing to sign the Civil Rights Act, with Robert Kennedy, Everett Dirksen, Hubert Humphrey, and a large audience seated behind him.
Black and white image of the Greensboro Sit-In, in which young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.
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Civil Rights Act: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: Congress.gov - Congressional Research Service - The Civil Rights Act of 1964: An Overview. Jul 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Overview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Jun 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Congress.gov - Congressional Research Service - The Civil Rights Act of 1964: An Overview. Oct 22, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Media added. Jun 26, 2024
Revised to modernize spelling. Jun 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Origins and Legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. May 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Miller Center - The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Apr 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mar 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dec 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Constitutional Rights Foundation - The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: United States Senate - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Archives - Civil Rights Act (1964). Nov 18, 2022
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sep 01, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Mar 08, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 08, 2021
Article revised to mention the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. Jun 29, 2020
Corrected display issue. Mar 16, 2020
Added a description of the ceremony in 2014 celebrating the act's 50th anniversary. Dec 21, 2017
Add new Web site: Our Documents - Civil Rights Act (1964). Feb 02, 2017
Add new Web site: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Global Freedom Struggle - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Feb 02, 2017
Add new Web site: United States Senate - The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Feb 02, 2017
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Civil Rights Act of 1964. Feb 10, 2015
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - The 1964 Civil Rights Act to the Present. Nov 18, 2011
Add new Web site: Cornell University - Legal Information Institute - Civil Rights. Nov 18, 2011
Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - The Avalon Project - Civil Rights Act; July 2, 1964. Nov 18, 2011
Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - 1964 Civil Rights Act. Nov 18, 2011
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - 1964 Civil Rights Act. Nov 18, 2011
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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