July 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964

It was one of the most far-reaching Congressional acts in American history. In 1954, the Supreme Court weighed in in a big way against legalized bigotry. Its landmark decision in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education outlawed segregated schools. But the invigorated Civil Rights Movement ran head-on into massive resistance, a resurgent KKK, and white […]

Did you know?

The 1964 debate on civil rights lasted a total of more than 83 days, 730 hours and had taken up almost 3,000 pages in the Congressional Record.