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This Day in Black History: Civil Rights Act Signed

July 2, 2012

President Lyndon Baines Johnson gives the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the pen he used to sign the 1964 Civil Rights Act

President Johnson’s signature enacted the first of three bills dedicated to racial equality in the United States.