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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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