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Lyndon B. Johnson And The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

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Lyndon B. Johnson presidency began rapidly; he took no time to establish himself. He dedicated his presidency to the civil rights and social reforms. He started off with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which he had to push through Congress for. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 became a law on July 2. The law secured equal rights for all Americans, to end segregation of public places, and ban discrimination based on sex, race, or national origin. Johnson then declared war on poverty and forced Congress to pass another law called the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The focal point for Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was the war on poverty. It formed the Office of Economic Opportunity to advise new community-based programs; these programs are still
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