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Civil Rights Act of 1964


Phone Conversation, May 13, 1964
Phone Conversation, May 13, 1964
Photo: Johnson and Dirksen

"We don’t want this to be a Democratic bill, we want it to be an American bill."

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s conversation with Senator Everett Dirksen on May 13, 1964. (WH66405.06)

credit: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Recordings

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