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1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations |
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Library of presidential rhetoric |
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Library of presidential rhetoric.
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| Contents |
America's voting rights problem -- Battling for the ballot -- Plotting to secure the franchise -- Planning the address -- "We shall overcome" -- Praise and rebuke |
| Summary |
Though Lyndon Johnson developed a reputation as a rough-hewn, arm-twisting deal-maker with a drawl, at a crucial moment in history he delivered an address to Congress that moved Martin Luther King Jr. to tears and earned praise from the media as the best presidential speech in American history. Even today, his voting rights address of 1965 ranks high not only in political significance, but also as an example of leadership through oratory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Oratory
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast |
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Johnson, Lyndon B. swd |
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African Americans -- Suffrage.
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Voter registration -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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African Americans -- Suffrage
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Oratory
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Voter registration
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Politische Rede
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Wahlrecht
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United States
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Schwärze
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781603445009 |
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1603445005 |
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1299053106 |
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9781299053106 |
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