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Nokoa The Observer

by Michael Lewis

President Joe Biden spoke at the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin on Monday, July 29, 2024. When Biden arrived on stage, he received a standing ovation for close to a minute from the packed auditorium. Ambassador Andrew Young introduced President Biden. The presentation was rescheduled today from the initially scheduled date of July 15.
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During President Joe Biden’s keynote address at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Biden praised three landmark pieces of legislation passed during the Johnson administration: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act. Biden stated, “Taken together, these three acts have made this nation fundamentally fairer, fundamentally more just and, most importantly, fundamentally more consistent with our founding principles,” President Biden said to a standing-room-only applause. He also said that more recent iterations of the court had “eviscerated” efforts from affirmative action to voting rights, and warned that another Trump presidency would push the court into more extreme territory.
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This is Biden’s first public appearance since he ended his presidential campaign last week.

Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir had a musical performance featuring Ruthie Foster before Biden's presentation.

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