Account successfully created. Please check your inbox to verify your email id and login.
Sign in with
Sign in with GoogleAlready have an account?
Sign in
or create with
We are glad to have you onboard! But before we start we will need to make sure we’ve got the right email for you.
Go to HomepageReel Number: 220571-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1965
Country: USA
Location: Howard University
TC Begins: 21:00:00
TC Ends: 21:10:04
Duration: 00:10:04
President Johnson Speech at Howard University LBJ wearing cap and gown is given standing ovation by students as he enters. Introduced to students by Dean? Dr Naybrith ? who makes speech re thanking the President for his work in civil rights and abolition of poverty. President awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Students - mostly black stand and applaud. 21.05.23 President makes speech praising Howard University and its democratic excellence. Says in the past American negroes have been another nation suffering deprivation but change has come and ... discrimination based on race is repugnant to the constitution. Talks of past Civil rights legislation and his pride in signing as President.