940 + FIFTY-FIVE YEARS! + 6 AUGUST 1965 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act + VOTE!!!!

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President Johnson’s Special Message to the Congress,

The American Promise.

Voting Rights Act

15 March 15, 1965

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Full transcript – a must read:

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6336/

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A History of the Voting Rights Act

https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/voting-rights-act/history-voting-rights-act

 

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/934-representative-john-lewis-1940-2020-good-trouble-invictus-i-am-the-master-of-my-fate-i-am-the-captain-of-my-soul/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/926-the-civil-rights-kite-flying-project-build-community-with-joy-every-evening-7pm-on-lowertowns-prince-street/

 

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Swan: Do you find John Lewis impressive?

Trump: I can't say one way or the other… but, no, he didn't come to my inauguration. He didn't come to my SOTU speeches, and that's ok… And again, nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have.
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— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) August 4, 2020

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