LBJ Signs the Civil Rights Act | Command Decisions: Presidents on The Brink | History

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  • [Doris] Everything was in chaos. It seemed like a desperate time. - No memorial could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the Civil Rights Bill. - His advisors came to him and said, "You cannot do that." He'll be a failed president. But he showed a moral courage to take a great political risk. [t... Read More

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