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“I had expected congressional documents to complement my earlier research;...”
– Peter Shulman, the 2011 recipient of the National Archives’ Legislative Archives Fellowship, talks about his experience researching within the records of Congress on NARAtions.
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August 7, 1957: landmark Civil Rights bill passes...
lbjlibrary: August 7, 1957. The Senate passes the first civil rights bill in 82 years (Civil Rights Act of 1957), under the direction of LBJ. Five southerners break tradition and vote for the bill: LBJ, Yarborough, Kefauver, Gore and Smathers. Sixteen civil rights groups issued a statement saying, “Disappointing as the Senate version is, the bill does contain some potential good.” They urged...
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