Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Johnson shaking hands after passage of Civil Rights Bill

United Press International

Photograph. United Press International. Civil Rights Bill-Signing Ceremony, Javits, Jacob K., Johnson, Lyndon B., King, Martin Luther, Jr., Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shaking hands with a seated President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Senator Javits is standing and smiling behind and between them.

1964-07-02

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Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986--Photographs

Bills, Legislative--Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States)

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Instrumental in passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

Senator Jacob K. Javits Digital Collection

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York): Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection, Series 15 - Photographs and Slides, Subseries 1 - Photographs , Box 7, Item 579

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