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Deseret News archives: Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, but the journey continues
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCivil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy...
Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law
San Francisco Chronicle· 19 hours agoToday is Tuesday, July 2, the 184th day of 2024. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping ...
How Pekin is connected to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 4 days agoPEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — If it wasn’t for the influence of a U.S. Senator from Pekin, one of the most...
From 2000: Notre Dame's Hesburgh reflects on Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoHesburgh described President Lyndon B. Johnson as one of his heroes. "You hear lots of bad things...
15 Least Popular US Presidents According to Millennials: Ranked
247wallst.com· 7 days agoAbout one in five voters in the United States is millennial, and these 15 presidents have the lowest...
60 years ago: King and Hesburgh sang 'We Shall Overcome.' Days later, the world changed.
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEleven days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into ...
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 7 days agoTeresa Thompson, the daughter of former Deputy Sheriff Everett Fifield, shares story of father's...
Few early voters so far in LI Dem primaries
Newsday· 5 days agoAfter four days of early primary voting on Long Island for State Senate and Assembly seats and one congressional race, voter turnout has been...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoOn August 11, 2017, Neo Nazis, the Alt-Right, and white supremacists came together for the “Unite The Right” rally as they marched through the University ...
The 1970s Movie That Explains 2020s America
The Atlantic· 5 days agoThis spring, I went to see Chinatown in a theater for the first time since its release, on June 20, 1974. The movie was headlining at the annual TCM...
