Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes:
Ocupation: Civil rights activist
Life: January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
Birthday: January 15
Death: April 4
President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt to be historic, the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.... The bill that lay on the polished mahogany desk was born in violence in Selma, Alabama, where a stubborn sheriff... had stumbled against the future.
topic: Rights, Voting, President, Sheriffs, Signing, Right To Vote, President Lyndon Johnson, Voting Rights Act, Mahogany
