I: Politicians debate the Civil Rights Act -- 1. Congress must act to protect civil rights / John F. Kennedy -- 2. Debate in the senate chamber / Hubert H. Humphrey and Russell Long -- 3. A threat to our system of government / Barry Goldwater -- 4. Morality dictates that the bill be passed / Everett Dirksen -- II: The American people debate the Civil Rights Act -- 1. The bill will end discrimination in public accommodations / Roy Wilkins -- 2. Kennedy's civil rights proposal is not strong enough / John Lewis -- 3. Support for the civil rights law is a religious obligation / Eugene Carson Blake -- 4. The Civil Rights Act is the result of mass protest / Martin Luther King Jr. -- 5. The legislation takes away basic rights / Eugene Butler -- 6. George Wallace's criticisms of the bill are wrong / James E. Clayton and Robert E.L. Baker -- III: Assessing the act's passage and legacy -- 1. The act's immediate success / Rowland Evans and Robert Novak -- 2. Who were the heroes? What was the impact? / Robert D. Loevy -- 3. The Birmingham protests pushed President Kennedy to act on civil rights / Adam Fairclough -- 4. Affirmative action violates the Civil Rights Act / Allan C. Brownfeld -- 5. Affirmative action: in the tradition of the Civil Rights Act / Nicholas Lemann.
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