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Lyndon Johnson: “Seven million deprived children have been given intense courses in reading and writing.”

On the recordAugust 18, 1966
Seven million deprived children have been given intense courses in reading and writing.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Buffalo on Beginning a 3-Day Trip in New York and New England.

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