President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Bill, 8/6/1965. Index terms: Bill Signings; Speeches; Civil Rights; Voting Rights Bill LBJ Library video MP 544 donated by CBS.
What a historic and moving piece of footage. With a few strokes of the pen, President Johnson gave every American who could cast a ballot a chance to do so without any barriers.
Lyndon Johnson was greate president.his speach is impressive, in 1965 gave african american unquestionable right to choose and vote at election, he solved racial tention and demanded ending unjustic