Associated Press [President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965]

GLC09752

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GLC#
GLC09752
Type
Images
Date
6 August 1965
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
[President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
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Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated August 6, 1965. Features President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A newspaper caption pasted to the back of the photograph identify others in the scene, "(from left) Vice President Humphrey, House Majority Leader Albert (behind Humphrey), House Speaker McCormack, Rep. Celler (D-N.Y.), Sen. Hayden (D-Ariz.) (behind Celler), Luci Johnson and Sen. Dirksen (R-IlI.)."

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