In March of 1965 President Lyndon Johnson made a historic speech immediately after the brutal assault on African Americans during a protest march to Montgomery. This speech addressed the problem of racial discrimination that our entire country faced. He made a good point that it was not just a problem for the south, or the north, or whites, or blacks, but a problem for the whole country. He said “we are met here tonight as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans”, which is very similar to something we are hearing a lot today. It is interesting to see the problem of bipartisanship occurring in our history, and to see how they dealt with it then.
It is interesting how the President calls for all Americans to just follow the constitution, and to follow their oath to protect it. He points out the serious problem our country was encountering, ignoring people’s constitutional rights. I think that this is interesting because of how different mind set there was then. Now, the trend seems to want to change the constitution whenever we have a problem with it, instead of changing the outlook of the people.
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