Whether it's defeating the Nazis in World War II or importantly. And I know that you were just in Memphis, Tennessee, and so you, you understand this history well, In the 1950s and the 1960s, it was everyday Americans who defeated the armed and elected thugs of Jim Crow south to ensure that we could have a Civil Rights act in 1964, a Voting Rights act in 1965. both of those ushered in by the protesters, everyday citizens, and the first US President from the state of Texas. (21:07–21:23)
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Asserts that everyday Americans were instrumental in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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