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White House Tapes: the secret phone recordings of three presidents

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The War on Poverty

'All the Way with LBJ'

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Part 1: Hear President Lyndon B. Johnson's first State of the Union address, given January 8, 1964. He called for "an unconditional war on poverty in America," and also said "we must abolish not some, but all, racial discrimination." President for only 7 weeks, Johnson said civil rights are not only an economic, social, political and international issue...but a moral issue. "Today, Americans of all races stand side by side in Berlin and in Viet Nam. They died side by side in Korea. Surely they can work and eat and travel side by side in their own country."
Part 2: Excerpt of American RadioWorks documentary, "White House Tapes: The President Calling." Hear LBJ on the telephone pushing for civil rights.

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