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Johnson transmits comprehensive civil rights bill to Congress

President Lyndon B. Johnson formally sent a comprehensive civil rights bill to Congress and urged lawmakers to pass it to end segregation and racial discrimination.

Johnson transmits comprehensive civil rights bill to Congress

The transmission launched the legislative process that produced the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark law that reshaped federal civil-rights enforcement and public accommodations across the United States.

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