President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

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July 2, 1964
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U.S. Constitution ratified

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Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States

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Novelist Ernest Gaines born

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President John F. Kennedy born

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JFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement
JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Missiles of October
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Launchpad: JFK, LBJ and Civil Rights
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We The People
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PBS: Kennedy
American President: John F. Kennedy

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    Edward Everett Hale, abolitionist & short story writer, born

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