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Lyndon Johnson: “So if Klansmen hear my voice today, let it be both an appeal and a warning to get out of the Ku Klux Klan now and return…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1965
So if Klansmen hear my voice today, let it be both an appeal and a warning to get out of the Ku Klux Klan now and return to a decent society before it is too late.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Televised Remarks Announcing the Arrest of Members of the Ku Klux Klan.

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