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On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of the U.S. Senate, enshrined into law the basic principle upon which our country was founded - that all people are created equal.

Tom Perez

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Am 2. Juli 1964 unterzeichnete Präsident Johnson den Civil Rights Act. Nach der längsten ununterbrochenen Debatte in der Geschichte des US-Senats wurde das Grundprinzip, nach dem unser Land gegründet wurde, gesetzlich verankert - dass alle Menschen gleich sind.

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