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Senators rest in what is now the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber during the 1964 filibuster on civil rights legislation

Senators rest in what is now the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber during the 1964 filibuster on civil rights legislation

 

Senators rest in what is now the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber during the 1964 filibuster on civil rights legislation. Above them hangs a painting honoring the Emancipation Proclamation.

Courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library

 
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