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Congress passes the most sweeping Civil Rights bill ever to be written into the law and thus reaffirms the conception of equality for all men that began with linon and the Civil War 100 years ago the Negro won his freedom then he wins his dignity now 5 hours after the house passes the measure the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed at the White House by President Johnson before an audience of legislators and civil rights leaders who had labored long and hard for passage of the bill President Johnson calls for all Americans to back what he calls a turning point in history we must not approach the observance and enforcement of this law in a vengeful Spirit its purpose is not to punish its purpose is not to divide but to end divisions divisions which have lasted all too long its purpose is National not Regional this Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states in our homes and in our hearts to eliminate the last vestiges of Injustice in our B