Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Rights for All Americans

Voting Rights Act Desk

Voting Rights Act Desk

 
Voting Rights Act Desk Voting Rights Act Pen

Voting Rights Act Desk and Pen

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with this pen. The desk is a reproduction of the one he used in the signing ceremony held in the President’s Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Reproduction from the Collection of the U.S. Senate (desk)
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana (pen)

 
History of Congress and the Capitol