A 1963 speech by President Johnson calling for civil rights legislation to complete the work of the recently assassinated President Kennedy.

President Johnson delivered this speech to a joint session of Congress only five days after the assassination of President Kennedy. The handwritten notes are the work of filmmakers for the United States Information Agency.

Citation Information
Johnson, Lyndon B., “Address before a joint session of Congress, Office of the White House Press Secretary, November 27, 1963,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/4ea988a20db445ef6738b238c489c456.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives via California Digital Library.

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