This photograph by Cecil Stoughton is of President Lyndon B. Johnson at the speaker's podium in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol addressing a Joint Session of Congress on March 15, 1965. Johnson delivered the delivered his "Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise" speech, which urged the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The speech was broadcast nationwide.
This photograph by Cecil Stoughton is of President Lyndon B. Johnson at the speaker's podium in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol addressing a Joint Session of Congress on March 15, 1965. Johnson delivered the delivered his "Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise" speech, which urged the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The speech was broadcast nationwide.
