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Lyndon Johnson: “Too many of our fellow citizens do not get the education or the training that they need to become productive members of…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1966
Too many of our fellow citizens do not get the education or the training that they need to become productive members of our society.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government

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