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Agreement on Civil Rights Bill

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Date

1957-08-23

Maker

Associated Press Wirephoto

Dimensions

8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2009.019.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Senator William Knowland; House Speaker Sam Rayburn; Minority Leader Joe Martin; and Senator Lyndon Johnson gathered on August 23, 1957, to announce that agreement had been reached on civil rights legislation. Passed four days later, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 had been watered down by the Senate but was nonetheless the first significant legislation to address African American civil rights since 1875.

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