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my fellow americans, i am about to sign into law a civil rights act of 1964. only a southern president could have shepherd that bill, only the former master of the senate could shepherd that bill. i think it would have been easier for southerners to oppose a civil rights bill introduced by a northern liberal. the civil rights act is the big one, because kennedy had pursued it and not been able to break through that southern wall. johnson had a tremendous historical accomplishment and one that sets him apart as an effective president in his own right. what s the sense of being a political leader from the south and having political power if you don t use it? it s probably the most important civil rights legislation passed since reconstruction.

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