Luce-Celler Act Signed
President Truman signed the law granting naturalization rights and small immigration quotas to Indians and Filipinos, the first time either group could become naturalized US citizens. (Some sources give July 3.)
On this day
July 2
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act; its Title VI (barring discrimination in federally funded programs) was the basis of Lau v. Nichols, and Title VII (employment) underlay later Asian American workplace cases. (Shares Jul 2 with the Luce-Celler Act.)