#OnThisDay 60 years ago, the landmark civil rights and labor law, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The bill, originally proposed by President John F. Kennedy, was born from the efforts of grassroots organizers in the South. In the early 1960s Black people and allies across the nation rallied together to demand an end to Jim Crow with peaceful sit-ins, boycotts, marches, and other forms of resistance to racial oppression. Many of these acts, ended in violence and displayed America’s deep roots of white supremacy on television for the world to see. Among these people was the 35th President John F. Kennedy. On Tuesday, June 11, 1963, he felt compelled to address the American people on the issue of segregation. During this address, he labeled civil rights a “Moral Issue” and presented his civil rights agenda to America. Unfortunately, he fell victim to an assas...