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    How the Civil Rights Act Changed America
    How the Civil Rights Act Changed America
    How the Civil Rights Act Changed America
    Audiobook9 minutes

    How the Civil Rights Act Changed America

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    July 2, 2014 marked 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. Gwen Ifill is joined by Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, An Idea Whose Time Has Come, which tells the story of how the legislation came to be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateJul 2, 2014
    ISBN9781987108071
    How the Civil Rights Act Changed America

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