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"It appears he doesn't favor amendments, after all!"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Editorial cartoon drawing shows Senator Majority Whip Hubert Humphrey, dripping perspiration, talking to a reporter, saying "It appears he doesn't favor amendments, after all." Next to him sit a document titled "Rights Bill" and a fiercely blazing telephone. After President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, his successor, Lyndon Johnson, pledged to pass Kennedy's civil rights bill without amendments that would have watered it down. Johnson was famous for using the telephone (according to historian William Doyle) as "an assault weapon." Crockett suggests that the president has made his intentions clear to Senator Humphrey who was tasked with shepherding the bill through the Senate. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Civil rights--United States--1960-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Humphrey, Hubert H.--(Hubert Horatio),--1911-1978. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Reporters--United States--1960-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Johnson, Lyndon B.--(Lyndon Baines),--1908-1973. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Telephones--United States--1960-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
