The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended legal segregation in public spaces and banned employment discrimination, marking a transformative moment in the struggle for racial equality and civil rights in the United States.

President Lyndon B. Johnson hands bill signing pen to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Others looking on include Dr. Rosa Gragg, Sen. Wayne Morse, Cong. Peter Rodino, Cong. Emanuel Celler, Cong. James Roosevelt and A. Philip Randolph. LBJ Presidential Library (Photo Archive) — Serial Number: A1030-17a (Yoichi Okamoto). Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum