Lyndon B. Johnson Argues for Voting Rights Act During the 1965 State of the Union Address ca. 1965

As part of his Great Society program, President Lyndon B. Johnson argued for national legislation that would remove the remaining barriers preventing some African Americans from voting. Known as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the bill was overwhelmingly passed by Congress and radically increased the...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, WPA Film Library.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : WPA Film Library, [1965]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (2 min., 13 sec.)) : sound.
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