The Black Ballot: NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson Commemorates The Civil Rights Act At 60

President & CEO of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2024, before an address by President Joe Biden. | Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty

The Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson 60 years ago on Tuesday.

But the historic law that addresses racial discrimination in employment, education, voting, segregation as well as police brutality, freedom of...