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Remembering LBJ’s landmark civil rights achievement

Presidents past and present will be on hand at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, to commemorate the singular achievement of the first president from the state. Fifty years ago, Lyndon Baines Johnson used his political skills to push through a civil rights law that would change America forever. Bill Plante reports.
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