US Mint Strikes Coin to Honor Signing of Civil Rights Act of 1964

The US mint has struck a commemorative coin to honor the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s historical signing on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

NEW YORK (Scrap Monster): The US mint has struck a commemorative coin to honor the 50^th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s historical signing on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.

On June 19, the substitute (compromise) bill passed the Senate by a vote of 73–27, and quickly passed through the House-Senate conference committee, which adopted the Senate version of the bill. The conference bill was passed by both houses of Congress, and was signed into law by President Johnson on July 2, 1964. 

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