The 36th U.S. President. Johnson was originally an anti-civil-rights politician, who was made John F. Kennedy's Vice Presidential candidate precisely for that reason: Kennedy felt that having such a running mate would protect him from charges of being too "soft" on civil rights. Johnson became president after Kennedy's assassination in 1963, and vowed to pass Kennedy's proposed civil rights legislation in Kennedy's honor.
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Lyndon Johnson Character Timeline in Stamped from the Beginning
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Chapter 29: Massive Resistance
...tries to mention civil rights as little as possible and names the civil rights opponent Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate.
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Chapter 30: The Act of Civil Rights
...investigation into the bombing, but within weeks he is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. New president Lyndon Johnson vows to pass the Civil Rights Act in Kennedy’s memory. Meanwhile, after his hajj—the pilgrimage...
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In the 1964 presidential election, George Wallace runs against Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination. Wallace’s popularity leads him to observe of the white American public:...
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...important antiracist book in American history. Speaking to a Howard University audience in March 1965, President Lyndon Johnson makes the surprisingly antiracist observation that it is nonsense to pretend that Black people can...
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Aligning with this last observation of President Lyndon Johnson ’s, Daniel Patrick Moynihan develops a report on Black families that laments the “matriarchal structure”...
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Chapter 31: Black Power
...difference between “individual racism” and “institutional racism.” After three summers of Black-led protesting and rioting, President Lyndon Johnson promises to crack down on “rising crime and lawlessness.” By 1968, politicians of both parties...
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...“separate” and “unequal.” While Richard Nixon condemns the report, King stresses its urgency and necessity. Lyndon Johnson commissions a second report (written by different individuals), which recommends increased funding for police.
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