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The Civil Rights Movement- Act of 1964
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Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the citizens of cleveland.
Edith Lee-Payne at the March on Washington, in 1963. Many African Americans walked a march for the right to have jobs.
Photograph of the Leaders at the Head of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.
Malcolm X speaks to followers at a convention.
Lyndon B. Johnson (left) gets sworn into Presidency in 1963, with wife, Claudia Alta " Lady Bird" Johnson (right)
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his speech " I Have a Dream" in front of 250,000 followers.
Malcolm X (right) stands in front of a mosque.
President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and Martin Luther King Jr. (right)
President Lyndon B. Johnson(lower middle) signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
After signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr. (right)
Brown v. Board, the decision with a banner headline and two front page stories from The Russell Daily News.
Supporters of the civil rights bill in the Senate celebrate the vote on June 10, 1964