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Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • Kennedy was assassinated, President Johnson, then the [vice president], and Ralph Yarborough were both riding in the parade in Dallas, and they had a hard time deciding who was going to ride where. Just like children, you know. And Ralph wasn't going
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • what he had to do. And he proved that later on when he had a great part in seeing that the civil rights acts were passed after Kennedy was assassinated. I think President Johnson can be credited with passing more liberal legislation than anybody