Person 3- "We Shall Overcome"

One main point in the "We Shall Overcome" speech made by Lyndon B. Johnson is that it is an American problem. An African-American man was killed while trying to protest with other African-Americans. Throughout history, African-American's had tried to become citizens treated equally. He sums it up by saying, "There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." He is exactly right because we can't blame it on just one part or section of the United States. The entire country was either for or against equal rights of African-Americans. It did not just affect one group of people, it affected everyone. I'm glad that President Johnson finally said it out loud because somebody had to state the obvious.

Another main point is the equal right to vote. African-Americans had been trying to gain the equality to vote. Although, they could it was extremely difficult for them to pass the test to do so. And that's because white American's were being arrogant towards African-Americans. Women had struggled to gain the right to vote and now it was happening to African-Americans. Johnson stated, "We have all sworn an oath before God to support and to defend that Constitution." By not giving African-American's those same rights, white Americans were being un-American. I'm glad they finally stopped with their ignorance.