President Lyndon Johnson - Remarks on Signing the Civil Rights Bill
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- Опубликовано: 2 сен 2008
- You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org/scripps/archi...
The President notes the discrepancies between the freedoms outlined in the Constitution and the reality of life in America before praising the Civil Rights Bill for outlawing such differences. Johnson also sets out his plan for enforcing the law and asks citizens to remove injustices in all communities.
July 2nd, 1964
LBJ would have been FDR level if it wasn't for Nam
If not for his misjudgment on pursuing the Vietnam War, THIS man could've been one of the greatest Presidents; certainly the greatest post-War II. He did so much for civil rights, social justice, land reform and basic things like housing and education for every single American.
he was born and bred in the south. he still passed laws that pissed off his boys from the south. i don't idolize this guy but give him credit for growing beyond his roots.
Here was a man from a conservative southern state, whose closest friend and mentor in the senate was Richard Russell, a die-hard segregationist.
Yet here was a man who also brought about the first civil rights law since Reconstruction. Here was a man who spoke eloquently on civil rights as VP and turned it into a moral crusade as President. Here was a man who wanted to feed, house, and clothe the poor of all colors.
America could sure use a little "Great Society" these days.
I will never understand the rationale or the mindset that believes one group of people is superior to another. It doesn't even make any sense. There are good and bad in every race and ethnicity, but that doesn't change the fact that we are all entitled to equal protection and participation under the law.
Interesting how times have changed. In today's day and world Lyndon Johnson couldn't be elected dog catcher in Texas
The speeches of LBJ over the Civil rights just means one thing that many many people still not understand. Judge people not for their skin or how they look like. All men are created equal that can no one deny and so we have to act!
If this speech does not stir something up in your soul you need to seriously take a long look in the mirror
50 years!!!! Thank you Lord for equality!
Who would've though this wily Majority Leader from Texas, whose rise to power was backed by southerners like Richard Russell, who ran a fairly conservative Senate with a firm hand (some might say an iron grip), would turn out to be greatest champion civil rights had in the White House since the Civil War?
The Vietnam War of course is a big part of President Lyndon Johnson's legacy as it should be but its not the whole story because another part just as big is civil rights. Because without President Johnson African-Americans might of had to of waited another generation to get their full-citizenship equally forced under law. Because no other president post-LBJ had the skills and will to get those laws through Congress.
He has the gift to look you deep in the eyes and you understand what he means and you’re about to do something
I regret not being old enough to appreciate LBJ He was like a devoted father to this nation. Like all fathers they're human enough to make mistakes like Vietnam but with the Civil Rights act signed during an election year and other endeavors this clearly shows his love for this country like a father who loves his family.
Actually he engineered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and knew just what it would take to get it passed through the Senate. We need him now in the Senate. Later these civil rights acts built upon that Act in 1957. The time was right. The brutal murder of Emmett Till in 1955 finally pushed enough of the public to demand a civil rights act, even though it was quite weak.
We have seen the same happen last year, some eleven years after the brutal murder of Matthew Wayne Shepard.
I have Lyndon Johnson down as our greatest civl rights President. If anyone disagrees with that, I'm happy to hear your case.
@FrsBigeasy In an election year, too! He wasn't worried about his re-election chances, he was worried about the people, and that's what made him great.
Honestly without LBJ Kennedy would struggle to get these bill passed
Beautiful speech
thanks for posting
Thank you🙏 MC America.