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Listen to or read the transcript of the interview Terry Gross of NPR had with the author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a book describing the background and eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [39 min. 3 sec.]
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racial discrimination, challenges to segregation, civil rights act of 1964, civil rights legislation, civil rights movement, everett dirkson, march on washington, martin luther king, jr., npr, npr: fresh air: the politics of passing 1964’s civil rights act, president kennedy, president lyndon johnson, russell long, strom thurman
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