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On the recordJune 3, 1965
The American Negro, acting with impressive restraint, has peacefully protested and marched.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Commencement Address at Howard University: 'To Fulfill These Rights.'

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Apr 23, 1968

When this Republic was born, Thomas Jefferson looked about at the energy and the creativity that stirred among the people in the first years of our freedom.

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