Johnson Champions Voting Rights: We Shall Overcome
President Lyndon B. Johnson declared "We shall overcome" to a stunned Congress, directly linking the Selma crisis to his demand for federal protection of voting rights. This speech secured the immediate passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which dismantled legal barriers preventing African Americans from exercising their franchise.
March 15, 1965
61 years ago
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