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    "ocrText": "This March Week has brought a deep and painful challenge to\nthe unending search for American freedom. That challenge is not\nyet over. But before it is ended every resource of this government\nwill be directed to ensuring justice for men of all races -- in\nAlabama and everywhere in this land. That is the meaning of the oath\nbefore\nthis\nI swore Almighty God when I took zoffice. That is what I believe\nin with all my heart. That is what this people demand.\nLast Sunday a group of Negro Americans in Selma, Alabama\nattempted peacefully to protest the denial of the most basic political\nsome\nright of all -- the right to vote. They were attacked, and many were\nbrutally beaten, by officors of the state.\nFrom that moment, until this, we have acted effectively to\nprotect the constitutional rights of the citizens of Selma, and to\nprevent further violence and lawlessness\nMore than seventy federal officials have been continuously\n(including FB agents, Junter Dept lawyers and on Early\nThey have all been\nn\npresent in Selma 7. working to keep the peace and enforce the law.\nNo\nAt all times the full power of the federal government (including\ntroops, if necessary has been ready to protect the people of Selma\nagainst further lawlessness.\nBut the final answer to tis problem will be found, not in armed\nconfrontation, but in the process of law. We have acted to bring\nthis conflict from the streets to the courtroom. Your government\nhas asked the federal court to order the law officials of Alabama\nnot to interfere with Ame rican citizens who are peacefully demonstrating\nfor their constitutuional rights.\nmust\nWhen the court ha S made its order, it will be enforced.\ncannot and will not\ndo not intend to permit the events of last Sunday\nbe\nrepeated."
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