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| Creator: | Okamoto, Yoichi R. (Yoichi Robert), 1915- |
| Title: | Photograph of President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders look on in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC |
| Date: | 1965 Aug. 6 |
| Description: | This is a photograph of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders look on. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | African Americans--Civil rights | African American civil rights workers | Civil rights--United States | Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.) | Presidents--United States | Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States | Capitol Rotunda (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.) | African American men | African American women | United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.907192, -77.036871 |
| Collection: | timeline |
| Institution: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
| Contributors: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
| Original Material: | Control Number: A1030-8A, Collection: White House Photo Office Collection, Series: Johnson White House Photographs, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. |
| Rights and Usage: | Unrestricted |
| Related Materials: | Requires Adobe Flash Player. Forms part of: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=693 |
