C522-2-WH64

C522-2-WH64

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

07/02/1964

O. J. Rapp

Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

East Room, White House, Washington, DC

{LBJWEB} Frequently Requested Image. Wide-angle (120mm square format) view of East Room: LBJ seated at table in foreground (left profile), hands folded in front of him, speaking into microphone. Large crowd seated in room, facing camera. Front row includes Lady Bird Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Sen. Everett Dirksen, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Speaker John McCormack. Martin Luther King, Jr. is visible in second row. Media photographers in foreground and background. List of attendees is in President's Daily Diary for July 2, 1964, page 7. {LBJWEB} {10/2010 Batch1} {Civil Rights}