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Lyndon Johnson: “I call upon all the people of the United States to take an active part in the progress and improvement of American…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1966
I call upon all the people of the United States to take an active part in the progress and improvement of American education.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3753—American Education Week, 1966

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