- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Johnson Signs Voting Rights Act
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph by Wikimedia
- Date of Original:
- 1965-08-06
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights--United States
Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)
Presidents--United States
Men--Washington (D.C.)
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States
African American men
Flags--United States
Desks--Washington (D.C.)
Politicians--Washington (D.C.) - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965, as a crowd, including Martin Luther King, looks on. The law prohibited racial discrimination in voting procedures. Today Georgia voters must be eighteen years of age and legal residents of a state county.
Photograph of U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965. Martin Luther King Jr. stands directly behind him. Other civil rights leaders and politicians stand in the background. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/election-structures-and-reform/johnson-signs-voting-rights-act_001-2/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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