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20 de jul. de 2020 · Less than ten days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, a measure that banned the use of literacy tests and poll taxes that were widely used to...
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22 de dic. de 2010 · 464. 61K views 13 years ago. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation has awarded the prestigious LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award to Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the Civil Rights...
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8 de abr. de 2021 · Some believed that Johnson had co-opted the phrase for his own political purposes, but civil rights activist John Lewis, who watched the speech with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., remarked that King wiped away a tear when Johnson uttered the famous phrase. 19
Press Release. WASHINGTON, November 17 - The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation today awarded the prestigious LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award to a hero of the Civil Rights movement who for decades has been a steadfast advocate for peace, freedom and justice. The inaugural recipient of the LBJ Award is Congressman John Lewis, the civil ...
20 de jul. de 2020 · The Life and Legacy of John Lewis. A look at the extraordinary life of the civil rights icon. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Lynsea Garrison and Clare Toeniskoetter, and edited by...
Six months after “Bloody Sunday,” President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act. One of the pens used by the President hangs framed today in the living room of Representative John Lewis, Fifth U.S. Congressional District of Georgia. He has been elected to that office nine times. © Bettman/CORBIS.
17 de jul. de 2020 · Televised images of the beatings of Mr. Lewis and scores of others outraged the nation and galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act, which President Lyndon B. Johnson presented to a...
