Lyndon Johnson: “The American Negro, acting with impressive restraint, has peacefully protested and marched.”

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…

Nothing herein shall prevent the movement of livestock across the lands included in this monument under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and upon driveways to be specifically designated by said…

In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.

I believe deeply in your cause and I believe in you.