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Lyndon Johnson: “America's greatness is the helping hand to the child of the slum.”

On the recordNovember 20, 1965
America's greatness is the helping hand to the child of the slum.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in San Antonio at a Reception Honoring Representative Henry Gonzalez

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