During the debate and filibuster in the U.S. Senate over the Civil Rights Act, we published this summary booklet: http://bit.ly/2tf0mHe pic.twitter.com/M72ulYwkzB
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During the debate and filibuster in the U.S. Senate over the Civil Rights Act, we published this summary booklet: http://bit.ly/2tf0mHe pic.twitter.com/M72ulYwkzB
53 years after President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, we face an administration that is deeply hostile to civil and human rights.
Yup, and it took the persuasion of Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and his Republican collegues to get it done, not the Senate Dems!
Just read Chuck & Barbara Whalen's book "The Longest Debate" about the process. Fascinating look at the maneuvering in Cong to get it done
Johnson knew what was right for all in this country. He came from a very different ideology yet he did it. That's was legislation looks like
Perhaps we need a renewal ceremony
Thanks for nothing America!
Is that @repjohnlewis I see in the background?
And the current administration has set us back far more than 53 years....
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