President Johnson at the Signing Ceremony for the Voting Rights Act

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Description

This photograph shows President Lyndon B. Johnson giving his remarks at the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. It is a wide-angle picture of the Capitol Building Rotunda showing Vice President Hubert Humphrey, President Johnson’s daughter Luci Johnson, and many guests.

Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 2803442

Full Citation: Photograph 34957-1; Photograph of President Lyndon Johnson, Standing behind a Podium, Delivers Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the Voting Rights Act in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC; 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-voting-rights-ceremony/, May 14, 2026]

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