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ultimately different, it was the bravery and courage that led to the measure making its way to lyndon b. johnson'si am reflecting on this critical process today because we can no longer impede progress, because the frightening thing is the issues that brought about johnson's signing of the civil rights act are still present with us in 2014. so now what? sure, we can march, but a march is not the end. it is a collective means to an end. we must organize our thoughts, our bodies, and our resources to make change. we must do something different. we must use tools at our disposal. there are organizers and influencers all over this country and together we can make a difference. the best way for us to commemorate the passage of this historic act is to pass another civil rights measure because the battle for civil rights equality is not over. it's far from over because people are killing our children with little to no recourse. it's far from over because there are more than 11 million people who deserve a path to citizenship. it must include income quality, voting rights protections, gun safety, criminal
ultimately different, it was the bravery and courage that led to the measure making its way to lyndon b. johnson'si am reflecting on this critical process today because we can no longer impede progress, because the frightening thing is the issues that brought about johnson's signing of the civil rights act are still present with us in 2014. so now what? sure, we can march, but a march is not the end. it is a collective means to an end. we must organize our thoughts, our bodies, and our...
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. >> my question is why did lyndon b. johnsonill represents him until today and cover any aspect involved with this assassination? >> there is a terrific book written by bart mcclellan which i strongly recommend. i try to work on the scholarship of mcclelland and also a man named philip nelson and also great serval who has gone before me. so the scholarship here is not new. what i try to do is add to it. i had unique access to president richard nixon. he was a mentor of mine and was responsible for my political career. i make no effort to rehabilitate in this book. this is a bipartisan vote. those who say you are just attacking the democrats, i destroy gerald ford in this book here gerald ford as a congressman a member of the warren commission falsified the autopsy records, moving the description from kennedy suffered back to his lower night to accommodate the word in the front of his throat as an exit wound and us expedite the cockamamie single bullet theory. in my next book i'll tell you that sure is. the reason for pardons nix
. >> my question is why did lyndon b. johnsonill represents him until today and cover any aspect involved with this assassination? >> there is a terrific book written by bart mcclellan which i strongly recommend. i try to work on the scholarship of mcclelland and also a man named philip nelson and also great serval who has gone before me. so the scholarship here is not new. what i try to do is add to it. i had unique access to president richard nixon. he was a mentor of mine and was...
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that was our president's program, lyndon b. johnson. did anybody ever track that and found out if anybody finished? >> i can't comment on that although we could look that up for you. what i will say the structure of the policy that congressman jordan would work. it's based on the simple premise we should provide a hand up and not a hand out. this is extremely popular. 80%, 90% of americans are support have this policy. the fact is, if you are receiving aid, should you be working, looking for work or at least preparing for work. it's a very flexible policy. the policy would say by twenty -- 2016, 4 million people need to be participating on a monthly basis in work activities either working for work or preparing for work and focuses attention first on able-bodied adults without dependence. states would have to put them on that path for self-sufficiency and make it work on that individual's behalf and not encouraging dependancy. it would require regular check-ins so you would know what's happening. that kind of incentivizing helps people l
that was our president's program, lyndon b. johnson. did anybody ever track that and found out if anybody finished? >> i can't comment on that although we could look that up for you. what i will say the structure of the policy that congressman jordan would work. it's based on the simple premise we should provide a hand up and not a hand out. this is extremely popular. 80%, 90% of americans are support have this policy. the fact is, if you are receiving aid, should you be working, looking...
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when president lyndon b. johnson a year later with the voting rights act of 1965, he put the full power of the federal government behind enforcement of fundamental civil rights. the passage of these laws marked a victory for civil rights activists in the south who after years of hard fought battles, unrelenting resistance, won their fight for an end to discrimination in housing, employment, education, and voting. yet nearly 50 years later when leaders of the modern day movement for civil rights find themselves pressing for action from a u.s. president, it is often to call for justice on many of the same issues. this week leaders of major civil rights and legal organizations met with president obama at the white house and items on the agenda included notably voting rights, education, and states' rights. the discussion turned to progressive initiatives recently enacted or proposed by the obama administration around the issues of sentencing reform, minimum wage and felony disenfranchisement. president and ceo of the lea
when president lyndon b. johnson a year later with the voting rights act of 1965, he put the full power of the federal government behind enforcement of fundamental civil rights. the passage of these laws marked a victory for civil rights activists in the south who after years of hard fought battles, unrelenting resistance, won their fight for an end to discrimination in housing, employment, education, and voting. yet nearly 50 years later when leaders of the modern day movement for civil rights...
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a, andrew johnson, b, franklin pierce, c., gerald ford, or d, lyndon d. johnson. >> how about all?n't elected, was he? >> can we google this answer? >> oh. >> i thought it was presidential trivia. >> happy presidents' day. very well done. who won? >> we are going to give it to juliet. >> i did get woodrow wilson right. >> that was tricky. thank you, janice. i kind of like the trivia things. >>> who was the youngest president or press person ever elected president? ever elected president? elected? >> kennedy. >> kennedy, very good. but theodore roosevelt got into office because -- he was not elected. >>> let's do the headlines, shall we? we have a bombshell story breaking, a pennsylvania woman accused along with her newlywed husband of killing a man she met through craigslist. she's admitting to the murder in addition to 20 other killings. in an interview with a local paper, 19-year-old miranda barber claims she wants to plead guilty before coming clean about the other murders. she says she was involved in a satanic cult and stopped counting the deaths at 22. >>> and take a look at
a, andrew johnson, b, franklin pierce, c., gerald ford, or d, lyndon d. johnson. >> how about all?n't elected, was he? >> can we google this answer? >> oh. >> i thought it was presidential trivia. >> happy presidents' day. very well done. who won? >> we are going to give it to juliet. >> i did get woodrow wilson right. >> that was tricky. thank you, janice. i kind of like the trivia things. >>> who was the youngest president or press...