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“In conjunction with the civil rights movement, Johnson overcame southern resistance and convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation. Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964.

Legend has it that, as he put down his pen, Johnson told an aide, “We have lost the South for a generation,” anticipating accoming backlash from Southern whites against Johnson’s Democratic Party. Continue reading →