Nationwide Newspaper Headlines Announce the Results of Maryland's Brewster-Wallace Presidential Primary Race

The day after Maryland's May 19, 1964, Democratic Presidential Primary, the results were heralded on the front page of newspapers across the country, which emphasized the critical importance that the primary election played in the fate of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

See a sampling of some of the dozens of headlines below, and for more information about the 1964 primary, please visit the Senator Daniel Brewster Instagram.