1964 Civil Rights Act Essay
The 1964 civil rights act; Why did he sign?
Could the desire, to gain political power, be enough to cause a respected, good hearted, political model, like Lyndon B. Johnson, to throw their morals at the window in order to win an election? Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was hard-working committed politician from a small, humble place in central texas who found his way from a teaching mexican-american students, grades 5th, 6th, and 7th in Cotulla, Texas (“Politics or Principle” 405) to the U.S. senate as none other than a texas state senator. During his time working as a senator starting in the year 1948 (“Politics or Principle” 405), civil rights was a very big, heated debate throughout the country. LBJ had plans to gain political power to become president however in 1960 he lost the election to John F. Kennedy (JFK), a politician who strongly supported civil rights (“Politics or Principle” 405). He did luckily become JFK’s vice president after the election. As fate would have it he too would became president in 1963 after Kennedy’s treacherous assassination …show more content…
Before his political days he taught a school of Mexican-American students in Cotulla, Texas (Johnson 411). he saw the daily struggle they went through and their struggles always tied back to segregation like the reason they were poor was due to their parents not being able to get jobs. He knew people hated these children and they knew too (Johnson 411). None of them were ever pleased with that fact but is was plain reality. Johnson didn't want this pain for them, he saw them just as he saw other children. Lyndon Johnson didn't like what the students went through and would’ve loved to make their daily lives a breeze if he could. Johnson could’ve easily gotten a job at a different school but he didn't show casing the fact he wasn't racist and want civil rights (Johnson
Could the desire, to gain political power, be enough to cause a respected, good hearted, political model, like Lyndon B. Johnson, to throw their morals at the window in order to win an election? Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was hard-working committed politician from a small, humble place in central texas who found his way from a teaching mexican-american students, grades 5th, 6th, and 7th in Cotulla, Texas (“Politics or Principle” 405) to the U.S. senate as none other than a texas state senator. During his time working as a senator starting in the year 1948 (“Politics or Principle” 405), civil rights was a very big, heated debate throughout the country. LBJ had plans to gain political power to become president however in 1960 he lost the election to John F. Kennedy (JFK), a politician who strongly supported civil rights (“Politics or Principle” 405). He did luckily become JFK’s vice president after the election. As fate would have it he too would became president in 1963 after Kennedy’s treacherous assassination …show more content…
Before his political days he taught a school of Mexican-American students in Cotulla, Texas (Johnson 411). he saw the daily struggle they went through and their struggles always tied back to segregation like the reason they were poor was due to their parents not being able to get jobs. He knew people hated these children and they knew too (Johnson 411). None of them were ever pleased with that fact but is was plain reality. Johnson didn't want this pain for them, he saw them just as he saw other children. Lyndon Johnson didn't like what the students went through and would’ve loved to make their daily lives a breeze if he could. Johnson could’ve easily gotten a job at a different school but he didn't show casing the fact he wasn't racist and want civil rights (Johnson