On the recordDecember 14, 1966
Here at home, in our own land, more than 20 million Negroes still yearn for the rights and the dignity that the rest of us take for granted.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “Here at home, in our own land, more than 20 million Negroes still yearn for the rights and the dignity that the rest of…”
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