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  1. 4 days ago · President Johnson delivered a speech titled “The American Promise” to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. In the speech, Johnson outlined his plans for supporting voting rights, stating, “There is no moral issue. It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no ...

  2. 2 days ago · The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [a] and national origin. [4] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and ...

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  4. 11 hours ago · President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, immediately followed by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's succession to the presidency.. Americans were shocked and saddened by the loss of the charismatic President Kennedy, while opposing candidates were put in the awkward position of running against the policies of a slain and popular political figure.

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  5. 3 days ago · President Lyndon B. Johnson Campaigning, October 11, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson Campaigning, 1964. Photograph by Donald Stoderl. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum.

  6. 1 day ago · Ever since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a question has naturally arisen: What role, if any, did Vice-President Lyndon Johnson play in the assassination? With the publication of Douglas P. Horne’s massive 5-volume book Inside the Assassination Records Review Board, the national-security establishment’s role in the assassination has now been established beyond a reasonable ...

  7. 3 days ago · Sound recording of a meeting held on August 28, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights Leaders: Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Whitney Young, Floyd McKissick, Eugene Carson Blake, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and other unidentified participants. Wilkins ...

  8. 3 days ago · Vernon Jordan (born August 15, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died March 1, 2021, Washington, D.C.) was an American attorney, civil rights leader, business consultant, and influential power broker. Although he never held political office, Jordan served as a key adviser in the 1990s to U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton, having befriended him and his wife ...

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