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ARW documentary marks 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer

President Bill Clinton's civil rights speech at University of Minnesota

President Bill Clinton's speech at the 2014 Civil Rights Summit

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Presidents Barack Obama & George W. Bush on 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act

On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Non-violent activists John Lewis, Julian Bond and Andrew Young are among those leaders credited with making it happen. They reflected on the history and meaning of the Civil Rights Act at the 50th anniversary event held in April 2014 at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

Civil rights legends John Lewis, Julian Bond and Andrew Young

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