Historic Ceremony: The Right to Vote Signed into Law
Historic Ceremony: The Right to Vote Signed into Law
In the same chamber where President Abraham Lincoln signed the first emancipation order more than a century ago, President Johnson signs the 1965 Voter Registration Act & promises the assembled witnesses to end forever discrimination at the polls. (National Voting Rights Act of 1965) Washington DC US Capitol Building, cars in parking lot in FG. President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaking to group in Capitol rotunda. Rear view statue in silhouette, light beaming through windows lining dome. CU frieze of Abraham Lincoln in rotunda. Statue of Abe Lincoln. Civil rights leader Roy Wilkins sitting beside unidentified African-American clergyman. President Lyndon Johnson standing at podium, looking solemn, stern. CU young African American woman. President LBJ speaking: "This law will ensure them the right to vote. The wrong is one which no American in his heart can justify. The right is one which no American true to our principles can deny." President Johnson receiving standing ovation. President Johnson exiting rotunda with Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey and daughter Luci Johnson. MS fancy chandelier, tilt down to Lyndon Baines Johnson taking seat for signing of Voter Registration Act of 1965. President Johnson signing the bill into law. Unidentified Senator speaking with Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Johnson shaking hands with Senators, handing out pens.