Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights.
01/23/1968
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That plan has now grown to where it covers companies that employ more than 7 million people.
The people of this country have a long, hard road to travel before we will have achieved all of our objectives.
Your service has been a great contribution, and I have not the slightest doubt that we would not be where we are today except for the leader...
Let us honor them, men of North and South, as Americans.