Description

Form letter dated January 31, 1964 from United States senator Albert Gore. The letter is written on letterhead from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In the letter, Senator Gore explains that he is unable to support all of the proposals in current Civil Rights legislation. He also states that he expects the bill to be amended during debate in the House of Representatives and Senate, but is "unable to forecast" if "a reasonable bill will emerge." He mentions his support of Civil Rights legislation in 1957 and 1960, and pledges his "most careful consideration of this issue." The Civil Rights legislation mentioned in this letter was House Resolution-7152 and Senate-1731, proposed by President John F. Kennedy in June 1963, following demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, and Alabama governor George Wallace standing in the door of the University of Alabama in an attempt to prevent African American students from integrating the school. After President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson encouraged Congress to pass the legislation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Johnson on July 2, 1964.The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia