Question

Which president pushed through Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 1

President Lyndon Johnson

Johnson continued the push for civil rights that had been started by President John F. Kennedy. After JFK's assassination, President Johnson said in an address to Congress: "No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long." The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed within months after the Kennedy assassination.

Answer 2

President Lyndon Johnson was the one who pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Congress. It was a law that he signed to legislate the civil rights of his constituents. Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin were the subject of this law.