lbj_timeline_nllbj-aud-votingrights-005-01 nllbj-aud-votingrights-005-01 timeline lbj yes Special message to the Congress: The American promise Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 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 This is the copy of the March 15, 1965, speech on voting rights that the President took with him to the podium. Lyndon Johnson delivered the speech to a Joint Session of Congress in a nationally televised address. It announced his intention to send a bill to Congress that would eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote and described the purpose of the bill and how it aligned with American democratic values. 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. Austin, TX: Learning Technology Center. The University of Texas at Austin; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. 2008 Speeches http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=803 Collection: Statements File, Series: Statements File, Box Number: 141, Folder Title: 3/15/65 Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [1 of 2], Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Requires Adobe Flash Player. Forms part of: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. 1965-03-15 Washington (D.C.) Unrestricted 20100708 115817