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| Creator: | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 |
| Title: | Special message to the Congress: "The American promise" |
| Date: | 1965 Mar. 15 |
| Description: | On March 15, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a Joint Session of Congress in a nationally televised speech announcing his intention to send a bill to Congress that would eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Sound recordings | Speeches |
| Subjects: | Speeches, addresses, etc. | African Americans--Civil rights | Civil rights--United States | African Americans--Social conditions | Presidents--United States--Racial attitudes | African Americans--Suffrage | Suffrage--United States | Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965 | Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma | Presidents--United States | Washington (D.C.) |
| Collection: | Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century |
| Institution: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
| Contributors: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. | Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. |
| Online Publisher: | Austin, TX: Learning Technology Center. The University of Texas at Austin; | Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration | 2008 |
| Original Material: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. |
| Rights and Usage: | Unrestricted |
| Related Materials: | Requires Adobe Flash Player. Forms part of: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=624 |
