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Lyndon Johnson: “We know we are going to be an urban people for a long time to come.”

On the recordNovember 19, 1967
We know we are going to be an urban people for a long time to come.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Birth of the 200 Millionth American

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