The Civil Rights Act became law a week after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated

Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 56 years ago today, on April 4, 1968. His niece, Dr. Alveda King, highlighted five landmarks that tell the civil rights story. King's niece: Here are 5 landmarks that reveal civil rights struggles in America.

On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act. The act was signed a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The act included the fair housing Act and other provisions.