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President Johnson Shaking Hands with Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • 8/6/1965

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Description

This photograph shows President Lyndon Johnson shaking Martin Luther King, Jr.’s hand after signing the Voting Rights Act. Civil rights leaders look on in the President’s Room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection.

Full Citation: Photograph A1030-17A; President Johnson Shakes Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Hand After Signing the Voting Rights Act as Civil Rights Leaders Look On; 8/6/1965; Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 – 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection,; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/lbj-mlk-shaking-hands/, December 17, 2025]

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