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#AdvancingTheDream: 50 years later

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which marked the federal government’s campaign against discrimination.

Marchers near the Florida State Capitol carrying signs urging passage of the Civil Rights in Congress on March 27, 1964 in Tallahassee, Fla.
Marchers near the Florida State Capitol carrying signs urging passage of the Civil Rights in Congress on March 27, 1964 in Tallahassee, Fla.AP

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