/tags/freedom-summer Freedom Summer en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:59:33 GMT /2014-07-02/50-years-ago-today-the-civil-rights-act-was-signed-into-law Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. NPR has produced an in-depth online report about the act and what it means… Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:59:33 GMT /2014-07-02/50-years-ago-today-the-civil-rights-act-was-signed-into-law Eric Aasen