On this day in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the far-reaching Civil Rights Act .
On this day in 1968 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 11, 2024 April 11, 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act. A week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
It also included the Fair Housing Act, which barred racial discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of U.S. housing in the wake of housing protests in Chicago and elsewhere.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars.
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