frank m. johnson the honorable frank m. johnson, district court judge, but the story of rank m. johnson doesn't really start with the edmund fete pettus bridge, i starts with rosa parks. when the she took that seat and ignited the spark that starred the civil rights movement she went to jail that night. there's a white side to black history. her bail was posted by ms. virginia dewer and her husband, a white woman posted the bail to get rosa parks out of jail. there's a white side to black history. but let's get back to frank m.

with frank m. johnson having athroid marchers to move rward by signing this order, later on, the same president, lyndon johnson, signed the voting rights act of 1965. i am probably in congress because of the voting rights act of 1965. because it provided a means by which districts could be drawn with consideration given to population as opposed to geography. that voting rights act, section 5, is what allowed a good many people who are right here in this congress today to be here. the voting rights act of 1965 and section 5 of it and as you know, section 5 has been made impotent by the evisceration of section 4. section 4 was declared unconstitutional. one of the things i have learned in my years on the planet is that while i don't always agree with the judiciary, i do respect the judiciary. i didn't agree with the decision to declare section 4 unconstitutional. but i respect the opinion and as a result i will do what i can to correct it here in the halls of congress. i think that we have a great opportunit