James Patterson
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
On June 4, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson delivered what he and many others considered the greatest civil rights speech of his career. Proudly, Johnson hailed the new freedoms granted to African Americans due to the newly passed Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, but noted that "freedom is not enough." The next stage of the movement would be to secure racial equality "as a fact and a result."
The speech was drafted by an assistant secretary...
The speech was drafted by an assistant secretary...