The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
Television Coverage of President's Johnson's Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Excerpts from the Speech
President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, in a nationally televised ceremony in the East Room of the White House before Congressional leaders and civil rights leaders instrumental in the bill’s passage. This excerpt of the speech he made before signing the bill was included in H. R. 7152—The Civil Rights Bill, broadcast July 3, 1964, on NBC.
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Courtesy of NBC News
