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We must open the doors of opportunity.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
36Th U.S. President
Politician
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Stonewall
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Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson
L. B. Johnson
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