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testimony about Alabama police brutality. In Selma, other marches started and were swiftly stopped. Outside the White House, pickets blocked Pennsylvania Avenue traffic and chanted: "L.B.J., just you wait—see what happens in '68."

Obviously, the strife in Selma and other trouble spots would not be settled overnight. But President Johnson's strong yet measured words made it perfectly plain that the day was not far off when all American citizens would be equal in the polling place.