It is true that a hundred years ago this year a great American President freed the slaves of their chains, but he did not free America of its bigotry, and he did not free us from the prejudice of color.
Remarks at the 20th Washington Conference of the Advertising Council
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It is a delight to come back to San Antonio and to see so many friendly and familiar faces.
We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.
We have come to know that we Americans have a profound interest in the independence of men and women at home and men and women all around the world.
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