Question

Which president pushed through Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 1

The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on any part of a person’s identity. It was signed into law in 1964 by President Lyndon B Johnson, but John F Kennedy pushed for its creation.

Answer 2

Lyndon Johnson

Johnson continued the push for civil rights that had been started by President John F. Kennedy.  After JFK's assassination, President Johnson said in an address to Congress:  "No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long."  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed within months after the Kennedy assassination.