Lyndon B. Johnson
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in rebel-held areas, effective January 1, 1863. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which abolished slavery entirely (except as punishment for a crime), was ratified December 6, 1865.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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When the U.S. Congress signed the 13TH AMENDMENT (December 6, 1865) --- chattel-slavery ended in the U.S. When the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Civil Rights (voting, housing, jobs, schooling, etc.) were granted to ALL citizens of the U.S.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964.
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.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for the demands of African-American rights.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which President Lyndon Johnson signed into law on July 2, 1964.
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and he signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted by the 88th United States Congress, becoming effective on July 2, 1964 following being signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States.
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.