Back to the galleryOctober 3, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson signs a document seated at an outdoor table, surrounded by standing politicians; behind them, the Manhattan skyline across the water.

Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on Liberty Island, New York, on October 3, 1965. At that ceremony he offered refuge to Cubans who wished to leave the island.

Photo: Yoichi Okamoto / LBJ Presidential Library. Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Related chapter: Camarioca and the Freedom Flights (1965-1973)

Date
October 3, 1965
Place
Liberty Island, New York
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Original
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