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Lyndon Johnson on Civil Rights - Where Are We Now?
Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson went before the American people to announce the signing of one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history: the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That act banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or national origin in public places and enshrined into law the core ideals of the Civil Rights movement.
A half century later, it's clear that this act, the Civil Rights Act, was a success. Jim Crow is a thing of the past and we now have an African-American president, something that was unthinkable in 1964. But despite all the progress we've made in the past fifty years, we still have a very long way to go. And if we want to move forward as a country, we need to start by remembering the past.
The best way to do this, in my opinion, is to revisit Johnson's speech announcing the signing of the Civil Rights Act. That speech is both a guide to our history and a roadmap to our future.
-Thom
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.""
Hour Two: Emperor Penguins, climate change & your calls Article: " 19th Amendment " The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." 1920. Quote: "Less government in business and more business in government" - Warren Harding.
50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964- Hilary Shelton, NAACP |
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