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As president, Lyndon Johnson led the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the speaker describes as the most important civil rights laws since Reconstruction.

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“I believed him. I believed him.'" End quote. Of course, we know that once he became president, Johnson spearheaded the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the most important civil rights laws since Reconstruction.”
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