"We shall overcome" is a very simple but effective statement. African Americans have had such a harsh journey to overcome. They have overcome a lot in the past. They also have achieved many things in the past and I believe are fully successful at doing so. The word overcome has two elements in this speech. One is for the side of the African Americans and them overcoming inequality. The other is for the side of the white population that overcame disallowing African Americans the right to vote.
President Johnson states, "There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem." This really shows us that no matter where we are from, or what color we are, we are all Americans and we need to be able to accept everybody because no matter what we look like we are all U.S. citizens and we all have the same rights. We just need to overcome our differences and accept each other for who we are. Also this shows how we as Americans have the power to overcome the fact that everybody deserves to be able to vote.
President Johnson also clearly says, "Many issues of civil rights are very complex and most difficult. But about this there can and should be no argument: every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right." This was a new concept that the white people had to overcome because it's immoral to deny African American's the right to vote, especially when the Constitution states it.
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