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July 2 – President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law, abolishing racial segregation in the United States of America. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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Civil Rights Act signed into law
July 2 – President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law, abolishing racial segregation in the United States of America. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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