Telegram from Martin Luther King Jr.

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.
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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