Clinton, Obama, King and John A Different View

MOYERS ON CLINTON, OBAMA, KING AND JOHNSON (by Bill Moyers)
[Lyndon Johnson signed] into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and black people were no longer second class citizens. Martin Luther King had marched and preached and witnessed for this day. Countless ordinary people had put their bodies on the line for it, been berated, bullied and beaten, only to rise, organize and struggle on, against the dogs and guns, the bias and burning crosses. Take nothing from them; their courage is their legacy. But take nothing from the president who once had seen the light but dimly, as through a dark glass — and [then] did the right thing. Lyndon Johnson threw the full weight of his office on the side of justice… [T]here is no inevitability to history, someone has to seize and turn it. With these words at the right moment — "we shall overcome" — Lyndon Johnson transcended race and color, and history, too — reminding us that a president matters, and so do we. More HERE

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