The Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

A look at how the act inspired social and political change.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 - On Aug. 6, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, which prohibited literacy tests and other efforts to disenfranchise Black voters.  (Photo: Keystone/Getty Images)
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Undeterred - The Bloody Sunday marchers, joined by thousands of more people, on March 21 successfully completed a third attempt to cross the Pettus Bridge. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

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