President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting him with one of the pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law banned discrimination in public places and in employment, and provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities. In a television address after signing the Civil Rights Act, Johnson said of segregation: “It cannot continue. Our Constitution, the foundation of our Republic, forbids it. Morality forbids it. And the law I will sign tonight forbids it.” (Library of Congress)