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Lyndon Johnson: “The plight of the Indians gives grim testimony to the devastating effects of unemployment on the individual, the family…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1968
The plight of the Indians gives grim testimony to the devastating effects of unemployment on the individual, the family, and the community.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the Problems of the American Indian: 'The Forgotten American.'

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