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credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office
Senators Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) and Strom Thurmond (D/R-SC) debated the Civil Rights Act for CBS News on March 18, 1964. The debate aired live as part of a documentary program, and the transcript was included in the Congressional Record at the request of Senator John Stennis (D-MS).