On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass sweeping voting rights legislation, telling lawmakers ...
In this March 15, 1965, photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson asks a joint session of Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act. He spoke of his experience as a young teacher in a segregated Mexican ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on ...
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Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story stated Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) did not respond to questions for comment. Her statement is now reflected below. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Wednesday ...
Hubert Humphrey: the idealistic firebrand who electrified the 1948 Democratic convention and relentlessly championed civil rights for more than twenty years. Lyndon Johnson: the wily, pragmatic Senate ...
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