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Excerpt from Everett Dirksen’s Washington, 1968


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Related Link: Civil Rights Act of 1964

Image of transcript excerpt from "Everett Dirksen’s Washington," 1968

credit: The Dirksen Congressional Center

Senator Dirksen reflected on his persuasive abilities, including his speech before the historic cloture vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in a program by ABC News titled, Everett Dirksen’s Washington, which aired on January 22, 1968.