Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Cloture & Final Passage: Phone Conversation, June 9, 1964

"I just thought I’d call you up as an old friend and tell you that I’m going to vote for your doggone cloture motion tomorrow."

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s conversation with Senator Karl Mundt on June 9, 1964. (WH6406.04)

credit: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Recordings