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spazzmann

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13. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 2, 1964

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 09:19 AM

Jul 2012

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, thus barring discrimination in public accommodations (restaurants, stores, theatres, etc.), employment, and voting. The law had survived an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate by 21 members from southern states. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

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