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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1291224" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>On this day in 1965, President <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/lyndon-b-johnson" target="_blank">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all.</p><p> </p><p>Using the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared that "every American citizen must have an equal right to vote." Johnson reminded the nation that the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/fifteenth-amendment" target="_blank">Fifteenth Amendment</a>, which was passed after the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war" target="_blank">Civil War</a>, gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. But states had defied the Constitution and erected barriers. Discrimination had taken the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African-Americans to keep them from registering to vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1291224, member: 1246"] On this day in 1965, President [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/lyndon-b-johnson']Lyndon B. Johnson[/URL] addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all. Using the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared that "every American citizen must have an equal right to vote." Johnson reminded the nation that the [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/fifteenth-amendment']Fifteenth Amendment[/URL], which was passed after the [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war']Civil War[/URL], gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. But states had defied the Constitution and erected barriers. Discrimination had taken the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African-Americans to keep them from registering to vote. [/QUOTE]
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