Civil Rights Act of 1964

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On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the nation's premier civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access to public places and employment, and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote.

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