Trashing the legacy of Montana’s Mike Mansfield

By: Marc C. Johnson

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 1,900

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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On March 7, 1965, a Sunday night, ABC television was airing the Academy Award-winning film “Judgment at Nuremberg.” In the middle of the film the network did something unusual. The news division at ABC broke into its popular Sunday night movie to broadcast a report that shocked much of the nation and helped create the political environment needed to make a massive advance in American voting rights.

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