U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964,
and hands a pen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. It banned discriminatory practices in employment and ended segregation in public places such as swimming pools, libraries, and public schools.
It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War (1861–1865), when there was an effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
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