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LBJ’s Voting Rights Speech: Echoes of 1965 in Today’s Debate
Sixty-one years after President Lyndon B. Johnson's landmark "We Shall Overcome" voting rights speech, new legislative debates and potential Supreme Court rulings are raising concerns about the future of suffrage. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin draws parallels between historical barriers to voting and contemporary challenges, emphasizing that voting rights remain a fundamental American issue.