On This Day in 1964, Democrats Filibustered the Civil Rights Act

The party of the KKK might have changed their sheets, but they haven’t changed much else.

Via Gateway Pundit:

June 10, 1964, was a dramatic day in the United States Senate. For the first time in its history, cloture was invoked on a civil rights bill, ending a record-breaking filibuster by Democrats that had consumed fifty-seven working days. The hero of the hour was minority leader Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-Ill.).