This Day in History July 2: Amelia Earhart Disappears & Gettysburg Civil War Crisis
On a humid Washington morning, Lyndon B. Johnson picked up a handful of gold-plated pens and permanently altered the fabric of American society. Black leaders, activists, and television cameras packed tight into the East Room of the White House to watch the President pen the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Segregation in public…