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How the Civil Rights Act Changed America
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 07/02/2014
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
July 2, 2014 marked 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. Gwen Ifill is joined by Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, An Idea Whose Time Has Come, which tells the story of how the legislation came to be.