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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Shake Hands
An iconic photograph captured the Washington meeting of these two titans as the Senate debated the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. talk after the Georgia civil rights leaderâs press conference at the U.S. Capitol in 1964.
Itâs in the low 70s and partly cloudy in Washington when members of the Senate gather on March 26, 1964. There are two motions on the agenda this Thursday morning. The first is a noncontroversial one: to call up the civil rights bill that has recently been passed by the House of Representatives. The second is less predictable: Should the Senate refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee for a ten-day review?