Announcing the signing of the Civil Rights Bill

LBJ is in the foreground standing at a podium and wearing eyeglasses. His head is tilted forward as he reads his speech. Onlookers applaud.
President Johnson speaks at the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signing. Standing in the front row, applauding, are Mayor-Commissioner of Washington, D.C., Walter Washington, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Lady Bird Johnson.
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