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Analyzing President Johnson’s Voting Rights Act Opinion

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A mural depicting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and U.S. President Lyndon Johnson on display in Selma, Alabama, January 8, 2015. (Jim Young/Reuters)

Recent documentary on Selma march ignites debate on President Johnson’s Voting Rights Act advocacy

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The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s finest moment as president is March 15. In 1965, eight days after the world was riveted by police violence against peaceful protesters in Selma, Alabama, Johnson delivered a speech for the ages that stands out as one of the most important presidential declarations on racial justice in American history. LBJ’s…

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