Statement on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, (14 June 1957) Washington, D.C.

“Statement on the Civil Rights Act of 1957” delivered June 14, 1957, Saund, Dalip Singh. (1899-1973)

The copy-text is the transcript of this speech found in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Congress. See: Saund, Dalip Singh. “Statement on the Civil Rights Act of 1957,” Congressional Record, 85^th Congress, 1^st sess., from June 14, 1957, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt7/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt7-6-2.pdf, 9197. (=A)

The text presented in this unit has been closely transcribed from the Congressional Record (=A).

The paragraph structure is retained from the Congressional Record (=A).

A comma was added after “Carl Albert” in paragraph 6, to ensure that the commas in this section were used uniformly.

The transcript has been proofread for accuracy.