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The American Promise

Excerpt: LBJ's Voting Rights Speech "The American Promise". President Lyndon B. Johnson's special message to a Joint Session of Congress urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

ORIGIN DATE 03/15/1965
CREDIT LBJ Library video MP506. Donated by CBS.
RIGHTS LBJ Library video donated by CBS for research purposes only. Use/publish only with permission from CBS.