History missed an opportunity for some incredible exchanges had television debates been as common a medium during the civil rights movement as today. Would that there were more recorded debates between civil rights figures and segregationist figures - but for the fact that the stakes were so high and civil rights workers were being jailed, injured, and killed in the exchanbe.
MLK and Strom would have made history though. It would have been funny to hear Strom and other conservatives argue: "It's not about racism. It's about states' rights."
