President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964 — "the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction," as the National ...

On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, ...

WASHINGTON — On this day in 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a groundbreaking bill that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, religion, ...

One of the biggest and most costly fires in Cedar Rapids history happened May 22, 1964, at Tip Top Distributing Co., 1211 Ninth St. SW.. Sparks blown under the building ignited its wooden framework.

Did you know that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t supposed to include job protections for women? Title VII—the section that covers job discrimination—included race, color, religion and national ...

The impact of the women of the Spelman College Class of 1964 on civil rights history. Foot Soldiers: Class of 1964 tells the story of the women of the Spelman College Class of 1964, who participated ...

The Free Speech Movement on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in the mid-1960s opened the door to the era of campus activism. History of campus protests from the 1964 to now The ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Florida’s role in the civil rights movement is often overlooked, but the racial tensions and violence that played out while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent time in St. Augustine ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. An interview of Juan Menchaca conducted 1964 Nov. 11, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Menchaca discusses painting portraits ...