Thursday, July 3, 2014

July 4 Tip: Read the book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come" about the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Read the book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come" about the 1964 Civil Rights Act

(The July 4 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.npr.org/books/titles/263486498/an-idea-whose-time-has-come-two-presidents-two-parties-and-the-battle-for-the-ci

In a layered narrative, Todd Purdum tells the story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recreating the legislative maneuvering and the larger-than-life characters who made its passage possible. From the Kennedy brothers to Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. to Hubert Humphrey, Purdum shows how these all-too-human figures managed, in just over a year, to create a bill that prompted the longest filibuster in the history of the U.S. Senate, yet was ultimately adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support.

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