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Signing Ceremony for the Civil Rights Act

President Johnson, seated at desk, signs a piece of paper while a crowd of men in suits observe.

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Standing in the front row, left to right: Senator Edward Brooke, Congressman John W. McCormack, Congressman Emanuel Celler, Senator Walter Mondale, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, among others.

ORIGIN DATE 1968
DETAIL East Room, White House, Washington, DC
DETAIL LBJ Library photo by Frank Wolfe
DETAIL Public domain
DETAIL C9521-29

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