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President Johnson is shown as he signed the Civil Rights bill into law during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House

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  1. Civil Rights
  2. Document Signings
  3. Johnson, Lyndon B
  4. Legislation
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Transmitted Images
  7. Washington (D.C.)

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