I'll never forget Johnson's "We Shall Overcome" speech. Heard it on the radio w my dad, who was crying. (I was 16.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvPhiuGZ6I … …
53 years ago today LBJ introduced Voting Rights Act before joint session of Congress & said, "It is wrong — deadly wrong — to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote." It was known as "We Shall Overcome" speech, one of greatest ever by US presidentpic.twitter.com/uRR7E74giO
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Nancy, thank you for your comment and link. Amazingly, the Republican Party of Texas and its various lower level affiliates hold a plank in their platforms to repeal the VRA, even as they continue to violate it.
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Yep, imperfect dude who did more for civil rights than any president except Lincoln.
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All sounds good but he was also against blacks voting but MLK forced him to whether he liked it or not.
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No he wasn't. MLK couldn't have stopped him if he did, all he needed to do was let the senate southern conservative Dems sabotage it if he didn't want it
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I did like his monologue about bowling balls, although nobody has figured out what the hell he was talking about.
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Remind me to show you my pictures where I went to the LBJ museum in Austin it was very unique experience for me
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That was historical one great day but there is much, much left to be desired after half century.
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Thank you for sharing!
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