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Lyndon Johnson: The brilliant Solicitor General of the United States is a Negro, the first to hold this high office.

On the recordMarch 16, 1966
The brilliant Solicitor General of the United States is a Negro, the first to hold this high office.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government

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