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From the Heritage Foundation,

I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

I'm about to sign into law, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Its purpose is national, not regional.

Its purpose is to promote a more abiding commitment to freedom,

a more constant pursuit of justice,

and a deeper respect for human dignity.

Let us close the springs of racial poison.

Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts.

Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole. Let us hasten

that day when our unmeasured strength and our unbounded spirit will be free to do the great works ordained for this nation

by the just and wise God, who is the father of us all.

Thank you and good night.

That's President Lyndon Baines Johnson, just before he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A smiling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood behind him as LBJ handed him a ceremonial signing pen and thanked him. Go check out the video on YouTube. It's

pretty awesome. As you watch, you see a sense of pride, hope, and validation for the work that Dr. King and many other activists fought so hard for.

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