Civil Rights

Félix Varela y Morales was born on November 20, 1788, in Havana, Cuba. 

Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born on November 15, 1882, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. 

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Grenville Clark was born on November 5, 1882, in New York City. 

Dr. William Boyd Allison Davis was born on October 14, 1902, in Washington, DC. 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India.

On August 31, 1957, the US Post Office issued an 8¢ stamp honoring Ramon Magsaysay, the first stamp in a new Champions of Liberty Series.

Ralph Johnson Bunche was born on August 7, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan.

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.