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The Civil Rights Act:
After a yearlong battle in Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964, with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by his side. The landmark legislation outlawed segregation in public places and banned discrimination based on color, race, national origin, religion or sex. But it did little to ease the poverty and powerlessness felt by many black people. Later that summer, racial unrest exploded in riots that rocked Northern cities. |