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On the recordMarch 16, 1966
Too many of our fellow citizens are still restrained by a straitjacket that was strapped upon them by the mere accident of their birth.
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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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