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Two current Houstonians describe the changes the city of Houston went through after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2. Gene Locke, now a prominent lawyer in this city, explains that Houston would not be able to compete with other cities if it had stayed as segregated as it once was. Along with Locke’s testimony, Hank Moore, who was appointed to Johnson’s committee that helped write-up the civil rights legislation, explains that this act allowed Houston to become a “bigger, world class city.”

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The late Kentucky Governor Edward Breathitt, who served from 1963 to 1967, was a vital ally of President Lyndon B. Johnson and of the civil rights movement. Breathitt’s work with the Southern Governors Conference helped to pass the national 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, also in 1964, he was unable to get a civil rights bill to pass in Kentucky but Breathitt explains why his Kentucky Civil Rights Act did pass in 1969, which was the first significant civil rights law passed below the Mason-Dixon line.

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This is an archived video of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was enacted on July 2, 1964.

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Senator Barry Goldwater explains why he decided to vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claiming that he took an oath to do what he felt was best.

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