Telegram from Martin Luther King Jr.
Item
- Title
- Telegram from Martin Luther King Jr.
- Date
- 1965-07
- Description
- House Republicans proposed a substitute bill, H.R. 7896. Known as the Ford-McCulloch bill, it removed the automatic triggers. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., sent a telegram to Congressman Arch Moore expressing strong opposition to the Ford-McCulloch bill. On July 9, 1965, the House rejected the substitute bill by a vote of 166 to 215.
- Source
- Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. papers, West Virginia & Regional History Center
- https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/resources/965
- Site pages
- Congress Debates
- Media
- Moore_0004.jpg