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Lyndon Johnson: “Students on that campus, where my beloved wife once roamed, study the dialects of West Africa, including Upper Volta.”

On the recordMarch 28, 1965
Students on that campus, where my beloved wife once roamed, study the dialects of West Africa, including Upper Volta.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and President Yameogo of Upper Volta

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