0h 27min, may 15, 1965 y - New Legislature
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In a televised address to a joint session of Congress, Johnson compared events in Selma to events in Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War, and at Appomattox during the Civil War. He then proceeded to unveil his Voting Rights Bill to legislators and the nation.
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Selma Presentation
Ben Westley
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