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Lyndon Johnson: “Education, health, move them out of the slums and the poverty, provide housing, and beautify the land and make it…”

On the recordAugust 19, 1965
Education, health, move them out of the slums and the poverty, provide housing, and beautify the land and make it something that is truly symbolic when we say 'America the Beautiful,' because we want this to be a good world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the White House Conference on Equal Employment Opportunities

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