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Fortunately for history, the force of Johnson’s “We Shall Overcome” speech (as it came to be known) was not undermined by his own moral contradictions, as they were emerging.

Some sang the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome." House Speaker Mike Johnson looked to regain control over the proceedings, but had to call a recess.

In Green’s case, Democrats such as Tlaib, Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., and others joined him in singing “We Shall Overcome,” while Johnson banged the gavel and asked for order.

Mavis Staples revisited that highway on 2008's "Live: Hope at the Hideout," which also featured such civil rights anthems as "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "This Little Light of Mine." 6.

We shall have no paralyzing crises such as we experienced in the court fight of 1937 or the purge of uncooperative Congressmen in 1938.” Or, he might have added, in Kennedy’s last year.

After the atrocities of Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson called out in 1965 for voting and civil rights , stating “Their cause must be our cause too.” ...

On March 31, 1968, at 9:00 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson sat behind the large wooden desk he had used since his days in the Senate and addressed the American people from the Oval Office. His speech ...

"Accordingly, I shall not seek, and will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president." President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, Jan. 21, 1965.

Eleven days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, on July 2, 1964. "King pressed for rights, and he wouldn't settle for just the rights of Blacks and not the ...

Eleven days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, on July 2, 1964. "King pressed for rights, and he wouldn't settle for just the rights of Blacks and not the ...

President Lyndon Baines Johnson was the only president that had the power to get the law passed. None of the others had the power that Johnson had, and even as a Southerner he got the bill passed.