Abstract
The Civil Rights Movement is deeply intertwined with Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout his career, Johnson supported the quest of African-Americans for political and civil rights. They found in him an ally whose role was fundamental in fullfilling the goals of Martin Luther King, Jr, and the Civil Rights Movement. This paper will examine the role of the Johnson presidency in the passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964.
Highlights
The Civil Rights Movement is deeply intertwined with Lyndon B
The Civil Rights Movement found an important ally in President Lyndon Baines Johnson, a Texan whose father had been a populist politician
Lyndon Johnson understood the problems of poverty and inequality of all the minorities in the United States through his early experiences as a teacher in a Mexican-American school
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The Civil Rights Movement is deeply intertwined with Lyndon B. Ключевые слова: афроамериканская история, движение за гражданские права, президентство, закон «О гражданских правах», Линдон Б.
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