President Lyndon B. Johnson's Voting Rights Act Speech

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

[@jameswheeler3719]

One of the greatest politicians ever in the USA. He passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. A real American Hero for civil rights!

[@onomatopoeia162003]

top 13 fersure

[@terrymason1256]

the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama led by Martin Luther King ultimately led Johnson to initiate debate on a voting rights bill in February 1965.

[@katetaylor337650]

Terry Mason *Allowed

[@kadokang4479]

@@terrymason1256 led by John Lewis. MLK hadn't arrived to Selma yet

[@steevrawjers]

he did a lot more than that too his good work still helps me and my family to this day everyday thank you LBJ

[@Ps-cv4fo]

Thank you LBJ! You stood for the right to vote and stated great support for ALL under the constitution. Thank you Lyndon Baines Johnson for your impact on American history! We wouldn’t be what we are today without you.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Johnson was openly racist, and his disastrous "reforms" destroyed the United States.

[@Ahmad_9134]

I can't believe people forget this was like around 50 years ago. People for some reason always go back to slavery and 200 years and try signifying it was so long ago.

[@kadokang4479]

Only white racist and people that dont know the true history of America.

[@nealharris2381]

60 NOW

[@DAEDRICHHHH-TUCKER19]

Yeah, it was basically yesterday.

[@steevrawjers]

LBJ is one of my favorite presidents his good work still helps me and my family today

[@dachitronmagnus5755]

The presidents who thousands of young men to die while spending tax payer money when the war could have been won in a month. Ok..

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

This gentleman was a saint 🙏😇🙏👌👏😊😊😊

[@steevrawjers]

@@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di yes in my book

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

@@steevrawjers the way that he thought on human rights, is exactly how I think in this day in age 👌👏😊👌🙏😇

[@russelljohnson2008]

This speech needs to be played to the Georgia legislature.

[@Wildcat82164]

And Texas

[@KOMET2006]

This is a reminder of a time (March 1965) when - despite all the struggles and challenges besetting it - the U.S. was taking great forward strides and moving in the right direction.

[@theone8327]

Not really LBJ had to use the military action in order to push it through.thats why we saw black kids being escorted by military when they integrated white schools... Because white people really hated us

[@stevenrapp177]

If only you knew what the U.S. is going through right now

[@brownbanana18]

@@theone8327 LBJ was White. Just as today. We have to remember how much support whites have given and always have. Even 100 years before LBJ. Abolitionist politicians and officers during the Civil War. But even before that. Many of the Northern states abolished slavers right after the Revolutionary War. I have to remind myself of that as well.

[@bullymaguiregaming6812]

LBJ wasnt a perfect president he made some really bad mistakes but he was certainly a good president.

[@emperornortoni2871]

My parents hated him, he sent some of their friends off to die in Vietnam. But Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Medicare, Medicaid. A speech like this. He was flawed but...that was a good speech. He was the last great Democratic president.

[@Godfirst986]

​@@emperornortoni2871 nah, JFK was

[@silverminkyt5949]

One of the best speeches a president has ever given

[@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999]

When did this aire?

[@silverminkyt5949]

Alejandro & Allison 1964

[@steevrawjers]

agreed

[@chuckcollins2349]

Yep

[@Godfirst986]

This a lie! JFK speech was way better

[@dannyhuskerjay]

We need ya today LBJ . You would destroy trump and make him look like a fool.

[@donaquilaschannel2890]

LBJ was a Zionist stooge, who had, or at the very least was involved with Kennedy's assassination. Why you would prefer a literal warmongering, psycho, murderer over a simple egotistical billionaire is beyond me.

[@dannyhuskerjay]

Alba Superbia he wasn't involved no evidence shows that.

[@jmjfanss]

@@donaquilaschannel2890 yep.

[@angelasmith3967]

@@hendricksonrunner5015 No, sweetheart. It's bathrooms for the mentally ill.

[@davekeyishian6052]

He would give Trump the "Johnson Treatment"!!

[@moneyisgood2011]

Dr king DID THIS ALL HAIL TO ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN THAT EVER BLESS THIS EARTH DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

[@patriciafj9324]

💕 he was a great contribution to humanity, and we should never forgive his teachings. One of the greatest proof of courage.

[@carlosdasilvasantos3831]

The racists are not clapping 👏

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

Your right.. I didn't see LBJ clap once.

[@zigzag3720]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 you don't clap on your own speech moron

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

@@zigzag3720 that joke went way over your head.. 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for adding more reason to laugh at it.. MORON

[@redpanda479]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 you do realize he supported the civil rights movement right?

[@B.Moore-Ready]

He also said he'd have black people voting Democrat for 200 years and so far he's been right.

[@michaelnakade4555]

"We shall overcome!" 5:15 mark. One of the best speeches from the 20th century!

[@v9927]

He was such a great politician

[@wmhp1959]

Indeed it was!

[@carlosdasilvasantos3831]

Indeed it was

[@Ahmad_9134]

5:11

[@High_rise12]

His speeches where fantastic. Brilliant speeches for a truly brilliant president.

[@staxmarley8259]

Thank you Mr President

[@sleepyblue8]

beautiful speech. smh I wish the politicians of today had the same heart to stand up for human rights. our country is so shameful at this moment.

[@joewhitehead3]

Things were hardly perfect back then. Though this is your opinion about today’s politicians

[@brownbanana18]

Obama?

[@brownbanana18]

Obama?

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

I feel inspired by this gentleman 👏👌😊🙏🙏🙏😇

[@bradyfry8031]

Lincoln, JFK, and LBJ. 3 presidents in this country's history to actually support and care about civil rights for all Americans, an extremely admirable trait.

[@Koopalingfan]

Agree, also Ulysses S Grant.

[@Xsqber1234]

And fdr and Dwight d Eisenhower

[@Godfirst986]

Nixon did too

[@gaberodriguez7938]

Wow look at that. A president encouraging the black vote and not surpressing it. Much more of a leader than the shmuck we have now

[@ernestroybal]

You are fed lies and liberal propaganda.

[@lizbethurrutia6933]

We demand the right to vote

[@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999]

When did this aire?

[@jacobwatson1406]

@@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999 1965

[@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999]

@@jacobwatson1406 thanks

[@gd1059]

Probably one of the greatest speeches in history!

[@monkmchorning]

Certainly the greatest by any US president in my lifetime.

[@letitiarydjeski2320]

This country could really use someone like LBJ today.

[@ResearchPapers1]

so Barney Sanders was present on the right? or i need an appointment with an optician

[@paulelverudlasvegashs7023]

Not sure who "Barney Sanders" is exactly, but that man to the right of LBJ is the Speaker of the House John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. He was Speaker from 1962-1971 when he passed away. He served a total of 42 years in the House (elected 1928) and was a Sergeant Major in the US Army during WW1.

[@chrismoderate3495]

3:17 That hurt.

[@highflyingknowledge5659]

Probably the greatest president we've ever had.

[@chuckcollins2349]

Lincoln

[@hiddensong5180]

@Trevor Sode good

[@Godfirst986]

😂😂😂 this is laughable

[@s4gr_n0s3y]

I think LBJ was one of the best presidents we’ve ever had, I just feel like Vietnam really tainted his legacy, still I think he was a great president

[@joewhitehead3]

Which, I think, is part of why politicians, these days, easily lose trust with the public with one wrong choice

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

He stayed in nam to make money for himself and all his friends

[@geoffdb9638]

That speech by LBJ and JFK's Civil Rights Speech and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address make it difficult for me to listen without tearing up...those are such classic American moments. As the late US Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall once wrote in his Bakke opinion in support of Affirmative Action: "...the dream of America as the great melting pot has not been realized because the black man never even made it into the pot."

[@monkmchorning]

Same here.

[@aaronramirez6828]

Lots of people not clapping here.

[@full.ofharm]

╰（‵□′）╯

[@devongarvie6261]

Ancestors of those who disliked this video

[@monkmchorning]

Dixiecrats and the Goldwater wing of the GOP.

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

The right wing supporters do not like progressive Presidents. I do not see anything wrong with passing a Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act to help out the society.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

The right was the ones pushing for it for 100 years before this.. ever heard of the civil war? And Abraham Lincoln? LBJ played you

[@hiddensong5180]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 Parties switched. LBJ was a hero and a similar man to Lincoln.

[@NewPurpleRobyn]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 political ideology has been swapped for over half a century. Get a new talking point

[@Godfirst986]

​​@@hiddensong5180The House and Senate of majority Republicans voted yes for it to pass. It was not no LBJ! Stop giving this man credit just for signing!

[@Godfirst986]

​​@@hiddensong5180thats a myth. It did not switch.

[@roscoej]

Interesting to see the Republican side of the Congress stay seated without applauding through this speech. Reflections of today's Congress in regard to Voting Rights ..

[@PaulGoodeK]

It was probably southern Democrats who remained seated. Support for -- and opposition to -- the Voting Rights Act was bipartisan; however, southern politicians opposed the VRA regardless of party. Fifty years ago, party interests aligned primarily to geography, especially with social issues. Unlike today, northeastern Republicans were, generally speaking, social liberals. West coast Republicans still regarded the African-American vote to be in play, and tended to support civil rights legislation. Midwesterners were more mixed in their response; many who supported the VRA may have been under pressure from organized Protestant church groups (believe it or not). None of the few southern Republicans voted for the VRA. For the Democratic party, the VRA was a watershed whose repercussions are felt today. The party split over this and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, with southern Democrats nearly unanimously opposed and all other Democrats nearly unanimous in support. The VRA signaled the end of the Roosevelt coalition that had dominated national politics since 1932. Across the next couple of decades, the Republican party established their southern stronghold that exists today. The few southern Democrats who had supported the VRA were voted out of office. The aging mandarins who bitterly opposed the VRA retired, died, or switched parties and were replaced by a bloc of ultraconservative Republicans. Northeastern liberal Republicans were also replaced by social conservatives, although that proved to be a bubble. The impact was most profound at the executive branch (and, consequently, at the judicial branch): Republicans would win five of the next six presidential elections. (The 1976 election was an outlier on the heels of Watergate.) It was more complex than this, of course, but that's the broad outline.

[@markwalshopoulos]

Armed with Knowledge California is the largest economy in the US lmfao. Maybe you shouldn't the a dumbass racist and immigrants would vote for you as they do in other countries where they vote for conservative parties

[@theone8327]

@Armed with Knowledge so youre saying he should have never given rights to blacks in order to prevent progressive laws

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

Moron, Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the Civil Rights Act of 1964... Not one Democrat voted in its favor

[@Sellot91]

@@theinternetsavedmylife Um.....a majority of Democrats voted in favor of the Bill. Look it up. And signed by a Democratic President. The only Democratcs show voted against it were Southern Democrats. Northern and Western Democrats had no issue voting in favor. It passed with a Super Majority. Don't be dumb.

[@kushclarkkent6669]

This is what REAL leadership looked like. LBJ did whatever he had to do, twisted arms to get his bills passed. Feels like we haven't had a strong president since.

[@Godfirst986]

He did not twist no arms. The House and Senate of majority Republicans voted yes for it to pass. It was not no LBJ! Stop giving this man credit just signing!

[@kushclarkkent6669]

@@Godfirst986 Yeah ok. Say it a 5th time. I'm sure that'll make it true.

[@Godfirst986]

@@kushclarkkent6669 Sir, literally look it up. It literally says it was majority Republicans that passed the civil right act and voting act. Whoever you got your information from lied to you. Sorry, to break it to you. Learn to research for yourself so you won't be lied too. FYI, KZbin keeps malfunctioning thats why it keeps getting sent.4 or 5 times. Read this article: Prior to this, Congress had passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first major civil rights legislation to be enacted in decades, which sought to protect the voting rights of black Americans. The bill passed the House in a 286-126 vote. Only 51 percent of Democrats voted in favor of the bill, or 119 of their 235 members, compared to 84 percent of Republicans, or 167 of their 199 members.

[@Godfirst986]

@@kushclarkkent6669 It is much easier to believe lies than the truth." "Why?" asked Janna. "Because lies are manufactured to satisfy the emotions. -Hilda Stockum "It's easier to fool a person than convince a person they have been fooled." - Mark Twain

[@kadokang4479]

It is sad that some of yall dont know the true history of this country and how we got here.

[@full.ofharm]

That's why my teacher posted this to my class

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

It's sad there's an entire race that still thinks y'all is a word.. systematic racism aka keeping y'all stupid for 100 years.. I guess y'all is a word . lol

[@Hugh4You]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 Your comment displays your ignorance on multiple levels. Unless by race you mean races who speak English--human beings--your comment is not only false, it not only shows that you don't understand that language is living and evolving (i.e., y'all is a contraction of you all, a meaning you clearly understand unless you're as dumb as a rock), it shows you're a bigot.

[@RiverFunsies]

4:50 Cue the inspirational music

[@tonydfixertonydfixer9113]

Sad to say I remember watching it on tv as a 10 yr old kid. I also was watching LIVE when jack ruby shot lee Harvey Oswald

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Thank you🙏 KXAN

[@jdub8419]

LBJ at his finest

[@TheyCallMeMrGamer]

tom hanks

[@laurajane4806]

Cool - thanks I didn't know that one :-)

[@chuckcollins2349]

I have mixed feelings on LBJ....only God knew his true motives.

[@hiddensong5180]

He was an american hero who made a bad mistake in vietnam

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

@@hiddensong5180 no he was not! He was a bad guy

[@hiddensong5180]

@@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel Wrong

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

@@hiddensong5180 “I’ll have those N*****s voting democrat for the next 200 years” LBJ

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

@@hiddensong5180 and plus he killed JFK, LBJ had ties to the mafia, oil and steel company’s, jfk was gonna tax them, so he had him wacked, ur clueless!!!!

[@johndanielson3777]

This is sadly relevant today

[@joewhitehead3]

Everyone can vote now

[@rachelmcadamslover]

it's crazy to think that one of major reasons for the U.S to welcome blacks into their country was b.c they knew that a country divided could become a national threat to the U.S. They still did it for the U.S, not necessarily b.c they wanted to.

[@monkmchorning]

Blacks weren't welcomed. They were brought as slaves. But international prestige was certainly part of the equation for passage of Voting Rights. With blacks fighting for basic civil rights, other nations were taking a jaundiced view of the United States as a shining exemplar of democracy and freedom.

[@thecastleofenlightenment2604]

the founding fathers would disagree with that

[@SnakeEyes-un8jh]

lmao u should be ashamed if u was one of the six that disliked this

[@rogermrogerm]

Lyndon B. Johnson’s fight for civil rights made him a great President, but it is quite disappointing that he made the huge mistake of involving the U.S. in the Vietnam war.

[@shantelelshabaz8006]

RIP

[@scratchking3205]

If only democrats still acted like this.

[@dixieross4587]

I love LBJ.

[@lysettecabral663]

Where did he give this speech?

[@milogang3440]

lysette cabral in Congress

[@collectiveconsciousness5314]

Malcolm X saw right through him.

[@башарал]

Just think how much Johnson could have done had he not gotten bogged down in Vietnam

[@bellsboy]

5:02

[@brianthompson5843]

LBJ was the GOAT

[@gmedeiros5748]

The ball of yarn 🧶 begins here

[@sullers]

Am I the only one that thinks the guy on the back left looks like Bill o Riley

[@pseudohipSTAR90]

That'd be Hubert Humphrey. Johnson's VP.

[@sullers]

ya I know but i still think he looks like Bill o Riley. I know he is not Bill o Riley but he looks like him.

[@pseudohipSTAR90]

+Jordan landers I see a lil resemblance.

[@genecorrado]

Yes you are. The rest of us know he was the great Hubert Humphrey- an honest, dedicated public servant. How many of those are there today?

[@bwelc0076]

Gene Corrado Yeah, he was the guy that did most of the legwork behind the civil rights bill. A truly great man.

[@jeffcaldwell4879]

This is half of what my daddy told me and what I read for years.

[@Corey-dy2cq]

Jerruh?

[@StrokedGT]

And they showed their gratitude by rioting in Watts, which crushed Johnson

[@dachitronmagnus5755]

People that love this man and think he was a good president fucking baffle me.

[@boring247boring5]

Bonne Holidays pour Everyone dans le Monde world. Rest dans Peace Liliane est Carman est Prayers pour le Lamb est Daystar Network TCT ETWN TBN Sunlight Network Familys

[@eking120]

Esta Les horizon pour USA frontera esta new gazr

[@hilwaamanamankiyar-pp5bf]

CES

[@Megaton2.0]

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[@thegrandcanyonisegypt2489]

wheres those devil horns ?😂

[@w.s8676]

Sleight of hand by the Democrats

[@Sqmper]

😺

[@oliviahackett264]

not real

[@boratzan]

It is

[@briancoughlin6732]

Johnson slowly introduced socialism getting government more involved in our lives

[@waltonsmith7210]

If only. And I'm pretty sure you're thinking of FDR

[@savage21savage32]

poop

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

Your a disrespectful jerk

[@danieltondorf-dick6083]

LBJ IS my favorite US president.