President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Panelists talked about the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. The panel, “LBJ and MLK: Fulfilling a Promise, Realizing a Dream,” took place at a Civ…
1,726 viewsPanelists talked about the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. The panel, “LBJ and MLK: Fulfilling a Promise, Realizing a Dream,” took place at a Civ…
1,726 viewsTodd Purdum talked about his book, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in which he recounts the political battle to pas…
484 viewsAuthors talked about their books on the history of the civil rights movement. In the year marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, they explored the political and social cli…
413 viewsOn July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. President Johnson’s calls leading up to Congress passing the legislation, and on the day he signed the bill into law. A…
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