{"id":581164,"date":"2023-07-02T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T14:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/celebrating-july-2-americas-other-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T14:27:28","slug":"celebrating-july-2-americas-other-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/celebrating-july-2-americas-other-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Celebrating July 2, America&#8217;s other Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33bdf1269c4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33bdf1269c4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/celebrating-july-2-americas-other-independence-day\/#The_Long_March_For_Civil_Rights\" >The Long March For Civil Rights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<em>With Thursday&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling <span class=\"link\">striking down affirmative action in college admissions<\/span>, it has been a landmark week. Commentary now from historian Mark Updegrove, president of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, about a similarly momentous day in American history:<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Fifty-nine years ago today, legal apartheid in America came to an abrupt end. President Lyndon Johnson addressed the nation from the East Room of the White House:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 \u2026. Let us close the springs of racial poison.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">From the archives: LBJ signs the Civil Rights Act<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">07:17<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afterward, ours was a changed nation, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. The back of Jim Crow, with its false promise of &#8220;separate but equal&#8221; public accommodations, was broken, as America fulfilled its most sacred ideal: &#8220;All men are created equal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Since then, the Civil Rights Act has become as fundamental to our national identity as any of our founding documents, deeply rooted in the fabric of a nation that strives to be &#8220;more perfect&#8221; and to move ever forward.<\/p>\n<p>In a deeply-divided America, where faith in government has ebbed, and affirmative action is under siege, it&#8217;s worth reflecting on the fruition of the Civil Rights Act as a snapshot of our country at its best &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A time when Martin Luther King and an army of non-violent warriors put their bodies on the line to expose the worst of bigotry and racial tyranny &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When a bipartisan Congress \u2013 Democrats and Republicans alike \u2013 joined together to overcome a bloc of obstructionist Southern Democrats who staged the longest filibuster in Senate history, and force passage of the bill &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And when a President put the weight of his office behind racial justice, dismissing adverse political consequences by responding, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2014\/04\/10\/remarks-president-lbj-presidential-library-civil-rights-summit\">&#8220;What the hell&#8217;s the presidency for?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"civil-rights-act-now-law.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/07\/01\/344107c4-d355-486d-86aa-1475d00c0cd5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c6c3c0e822446c6ea6eedde4f144b7ef\/civil-rights-act-now-law.jpg?v=f3503a7856c58c20acab4eae8bb1f0f4 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/07\/01\/344107c4-d355-486d-86aa-1475d00c0cd5\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/63013a6ea5e57b59b7471ad34ac7c3fb\/civil-rights-act-now-law.jpg?v=f3503a7856c58c20acab4eae8bb1f0f4 2x\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why did Johnson choose to sign the Civil Rights Act on July 2, instead of doing so symbolically on July 4, as Americans celebrated Independence Day? He wanted to sign the bill into law as soon as possible, which he did just hours after it was passed. <\/p>\n<p>And that separate date makes sense. The signing of the Civil Rights Act deserved its own day. Because for many marginalized Americans, <em>July 2 <\/em>was Independence Day, a day when <em>every<\/em> citizen became equal under the law. <\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s something we should <em>all<\/em> celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>Story produced by Robert Marston. Editor: Karen Brenner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>See also: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Long_March_For_Civil_Rights\"><\/span>The Long March For Civil Rights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"><\/use><\/svg>\n              <\/div>\n<p>          More<br \/>\n          <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"><\/use><\/svg><br \/>\n            <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Commentary now from historian Mark Updegrove, president of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, about a similarly momentous day in American history: Fifty-nine years ago today, legal apartheid in America came to an abrupt end. 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