President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964 — "the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction," as the National ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa was a battleground state 60 years ago in the 1964 presidential election, the first one after the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in U.S. history. This new law made it ...

The iconic British comedy musical film, "A Hard Day’s Night," was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released during ...

The Free Speech Movement on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in the mid-1960s opened the door to the era of campus activism. History of campus protests from the 1964 to now The ...