In this photograph, taken by O. J. Rapp on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a televised address to the nation prior to signing into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The bill prohibited job discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, or national origin, ended segregation in public places, and the unequal application of voting requirements. In attendance at the ceremony were members of Congress and civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rep. Peter Rodino of New Jersey.

This photograph is of guests in Capital Rotunda at the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which took place on August 6, 1965. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York is pictured among the crowd gathered. The Voting Rights Act was designed to the "enforce the 15th amendment" and remove the barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The statue's provisions included: banning literacy tests, empowering the attorney general to investigate the unlawful use of poll taxes, and made the act of harassing, intimidating, threatening to prevent a lawfully registered voter from voting punishable by a fine of up $10,000, a five-year prison sentence or both. The legislation also allowed for the appointment of federal examiners with the ability to register qualified citizens to vote in jurisdictions where less than 50 percent of the voting age population was registered to vote. This legislation had a tremendous and immediate impact with over a quarter-million African Americans registered to vote by the end of 1965.

In this photograph President Lyndon B. Johnson talks with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York in the East Room of the White House after signing the Veterans Readjustments Benefits Act of 1966 on March 3, 1966. Also known as the "Cold War GI Bill," the bill gave veterans who served after January 31, 1955 access to benefits such as educational assistance, job placement services, veterans preference, and home and farm loans.

This photograph shows First Lady Lady Bird Johnson welcoming Robert and Ethel Kennedy to the dedication of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on April 22, 1965. Robert Kennedy was the younger brother of president John F. Kennedy and served as Attorney General during the Kennedy Administration, after which he was elected to the United States Senate from New York. Both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations worked to transform the Rose Garden into a beautiful space functional for events. This photograph was taken by Joseph J. Scherschel for the National Geographic Service.

This photograph by Cecil Stoughton shows President John F. Kennedy in the Cabinet Room with the executive committee of the National Security Council during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was a thirteen day period in October 1962 when Cold War tensions escalated to the brink of nuclear war over Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul H. Nitze; acting Director of the United States Information Agency Donald M. Wilson; speechwriter and Special Counsel to the president, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency William C. Foster; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John A. McCone; Under Secretary of State George W. Ball; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is standing at far left, President Kennedy is on the right, looking down, with hands on table, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk stand at far right. Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Bromley K. Smith is sitting against the wall near the bookcase.

This is a photograph of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walking with President John F. Kennedy's brothers Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, and Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Senator, during his funeral procession on November 25, 1963.

This is a photograph of an honor guard carrying President John F. Kennedy's casket down the steps of the Capitol on November 25, 1963. The funeral procession then made its way to Arlington Cemetery where President Kennedy was laid to rest. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy stand at the foot of the stairs leading a group of mourners.