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Must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. [ applause ] in this country, civil rights and voting rights have been purchased with the precious cost of blood and the fearlessness of a leader willing to spend the moral capital those martyrs provided. but today that legacy is in jeopardy. just this week the republican-controlled state senate in ohio passed the bill to shorten early voting, a move that limits the ability of poor people, black people, the eld ler i to cast their votes. that bill goes to the republican-controlled statehouse and presumably to republican governor john kasich for signature. joining me now from ohio is state senator nina turner, candidate for the ohio secretary of state and maybe the next lbj. and my panel here in new york, giuliani cobb, maiya maya wiley, ....
This in the oval office on that level of recognition is that he sees the impact of what fdr did when he cut these deals with southern democrats that effectively cut black people out of the main benefits of the new deal. yep. he s saying we can actually close this loop. yep. we see what this difference is. i love you made the point about infrastructure. as we go out, we ll stay on the topic, but i want to listen to lbj making the point that several of you have made about that connection between poverty and race as he s talking about the question of education. it s worth just hearing lbj make that connection. let s listen to that as we go out. i told martin luther king, i said hell i m for voting and we re going to get voting. that s not your problem. the big thing, dr. king, with you is a billion nor negroes only. who makes less than 2,000 a year if it s negro. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can t rest. ....