Martin Luther King, Jr. congratulates President Johnson after signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Listen to President Johnson's remarks on the Civil Rights Act by clicking here: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26361
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The act was initiated under President John F. Kennedy. Following his assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson saw it through to law.
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