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Glenn Grothman: “Affirmative action began in 1965, Lyndon Johnson.”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Glenn Grothman Discusses Affirmative Action and Racial Categories with Expert

Published | Video Starts at 00:13

Okay, now we'll begin to open it up for questions, and I'll call upon myself first, Mr. Lennington, I'd like to have you give us a little bit of a background of what some people call Affirmative action began in 1965, Lyndon Johnson. And since that time, our nation has shifted more and more in that direction. Could you let us know, Kind of. (00:13–00:19)

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Asserts that affirmative action policies started in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson.

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