Lyndon johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. This is the copy that was put into the teleprompter. My fellow americans, im about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. 188 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. He did six drafts of the speech, and then he added extemporaneously the word long, to indicate the many decades, really centuries in the slow progression towards realizing civil rights. This bill began as a culmination of the struggles of decades of struggles of africanamericans, but it encompassed all americans, it encompassed everyone regardless of race, color, sex or National Origin. It was really about the ongoing struggle in this country to achieve that more perfect union. Coming up next on American History tv, Texas Tech University history professor sarah keyes talks about her current book project
Good morning. N my name is adrienne cannon. I am the africanAmerican History specialist for the Manuscript Division of the library of congress and one of the curators for the library s current exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. There is a copy of the speech borrowed from the johnson president ial library included in the exhibit. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered the most significant use of civil rights legislation since reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, in the areas of voting, employment, public accommodations, public facilities, education. The exhibit has four overall objectives, to present a history of the u. S. Civil rights law chronicling a series of federal laws a
Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. The u. S. Constitution did not ask me mention slavery, but there are at least three references to slavery in the document. The history of the u. S. Is a series of federal laws that paves the way for the federal tohts act of mention 64 present a concurrent history of the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement that includes accounts , organizations, and events that shaped the movement, as well as examples of music, literature, and visual arts that were inspired by the mu movement. They tell the story of the epic of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in congress including an expiration of the legislative process and legislative strategy, the tactics that were employed. To employ explore the impact of the Civil Rights Act on American Life and law from 1964 until the present. We
A program on the will of lawyers in the boycott and the movement on the role of lawyers in the boycott and the movement in general. This program is about two hours. The adversaryce of the montgomery boycott is now a partner. And that is local government. Brief pleased to have greetings from the following representatives. Terriesswoman terry sewell and todd strange. Greetingsollowing the from these government officials will be brief greetings from Yavonna Morris, lee copeland, and dr. Glenda glover. In that order could and as they come to the podium, they can receive their name. Thank you. I do not see the congresswoman, so we will differ to chairman dean. Mr. Dean good morning. Most appropriate for a strictly fair in this sanctuary. Here in thisbe sanctuary. And on behalf of the Montgomery County commission, i think i have a teammate, dan harris, can you stand . We welcome you to our montgomery. 1955, it was there montgomery. Today, it is our montgomery. A lot of things have changed si
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