The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law under which president?

• A. Harry S. Truman
• B. John F. Kennedy
• C. Lyndon B. Johnson
• D. Richard Nixon

Answer: (C)

Lyndon B. Johnson is the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Although John F. Kennedy had proposed the legislation and laid the groundwork, it was Johnson who, after Kennedy’s assassination, used his influence to push the bill through Congress and sign it on July 2, 1964. The act marked a major turning point by prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, aligning with Johnson’s broader Great Society goals. Truman had begun civil rights efforts earlier, but he did not sign this particular act, and Nixon was president later, without signing this 1964 measure into law.