LBJ's American promise : the 1965 voting rights address /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Library of presidential rhetoric.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- America's voting rights problem
- Battling for the ballot
- Plotting to secure the franchise
- Planning the address
- "We shall overcome"
- Praise and rebuke.