Telegram from Martin Luther King Jr.

Item

Title
Telegram from Martin Luther King Jr.
Creator
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084324
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.
Rights
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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