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Lyndon Johnson: “Nor can we afford to shut out large numbers of our fellow citizens from the fulfillment of hope which is shared by the…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1965
Nor can we afford to shut out large numbers of our fellow citizens from the fulfillment of hope which is shared by the rest of us.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Proposed Public Works and Economic Development...

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