Although there were other civil rights acts passed earlier, the first major civil rights act was passed in 1964. The president at that time was Lyndon B. Johnson who signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964.
-Civil Right Act of 1968 -An act to prescribe penalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation, and for other purposes -Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1968
The U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The English Bill of Rights was signed.
The Civil Rights Act is actually called The Civil Rights Act of 1964. The exact date it was enacted was July 2, 1964. Lyndon B. Johnson is the president who signed it into law.
In 1628, King Charles I, signed the Petition of Right. Two items from it are in the United States Bill of Rights. It granted the people the rights (1) to not have soldiers quartered in their homes and (2) to due process of law.Petition of Right
The Bill of Rights (obviously, not the same one as the American one, but it has the same name.)
King John of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215. The Magna Carta limited the King's powers and protected the rights of the citizens.
Benjamin Harrison was the United States' 23rd president. While in office he supported voting rights of African Americans in the South and signed the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for the demands of African-American rights.
Lyndon Johnson signed the most important civil rights act of the 20th century.
Voting Rights Act
LBJ in 1965
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and he signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965
The 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the civil rights act which was lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lincoln
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948 by the UN General Assembly.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights act of 1964.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964.
Daniel gentry