Choice of Principle Is your first decision for the majority or for political reasons? Well Lyndon B. Johnson was for the majority of the people. This decision was to sign the Civil Rights act of 1964 and to free the people who have been through all of it. The main question people asked was; Why did L.B.J. approve of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The people who were going through all of this of course knew Johnson did it for them. These people were from the North‚ where they began to settle for peace
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Civil Rights Civil Rights By Willie Harris SS310-32: Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Professor Darcy Mikal Civil Rights 2 Just think we have the right to vote‚ right to speak your mind or the right to freedom. These rights were given to use by the people that sacrifice their lives so that we can live the way we live today. Now image that we
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unexpected things. Lyndon Baines Johnson went from being the Texas senator to the vice president of John F Kennedy. L.B.J was a teacher in Cotulla‚ Texas he taught Mexican American children grades 5-7. After John F Kennedy was assassinated and he became president. He signed a bill that turned segregation into his integration. If principal decisions are based on strongly held beliefs‚ then Coulla teaching‚ ignoring Southerners reactions‚ and his change heart show that president johnson was motivated to
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by his predecessor‚ the charismatic John F. Kennedy‚ and his successor‚ the notoriously scandalous Richard Nixon‚ Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy and doings within the White House during his six years in office are nearly buried under the climatic terms of both Kennedy and Nixon. “(of Lyndon) Flawed‚ yes‚ and not always good‚ but great” (Updegrove). Johnson‚ held accountable for the war in Vietnam‚ had many presidential blunders‚ but passed many legislatures that couldn’t have been passed by any other
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In the 1960 campaign‚ Lyndon Baines Johnson was elected Vice President for John F. Kennedy. Kennedy had always wanted Johnson to be Vice President for him from the very beginning and admitted this to the public later after the election. Sadly on November 22‚ 1963‚ Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson swore in as 36th president with the vision to build "The Great Society." However‚ Johnson never ran for president; therefore‚ there was no election. Some of Johnson’s key political views would include
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Lyndon B. Johnson’s “The Great Society” Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27‚ 1908 in Stonewall‚ a small town in Texas (President). He was the first child to Samuel and Rebekah Johnson. He also had three sisters and a brother that came after him. His family and he eventually moved to Johnson City‚ named after his family that came before him. Lyndon’s father‚ Samuel‚ was a part-time politician and rancher‚ but was not very great at ranching‚ causing some financial problems that resulted in
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Kennedy had started with his New Frontier. The first act that Johnson signed into law was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that Kennedy had been fighting for before his death. However‚ Johnson wanted to prove that he wasn’t just going to be a stand-in for Kennedy until the next election‚ he wanted to prove his viability for the presidency (ushistory.org‚ “Lyndon Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ 1). The Great Society would do this for him‚ Johnson would be making changes and continuing progressive work. As a
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The song "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (Elektra Records # EKL 298) was one of the key tracks of the anti-war movement‚ and an important representation of the "credibility gap"- that the US executive / president mislead the public about the growing US military commitment to the region. On 4 August 1964‚ President Johnson gave a speech on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident‚ in which he told the American public that the US must take action against "this new...aggression". He re-assured the public that
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courage required to end the war with the most destructive power in the world at that time‚ the atomic bomb. Another leader with courage is Lyndon Johnson. Johnson had the courage to push for the civil rights of all Americans. This gave much negative feedback‚ but he still worked nevertheless. Even leaders who are looked on as evil still have courage‚ such as Adolf Hitler. He had the
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David Bridges Maddern English 2 June 1‚ 2012 Lyndon Baines Johnson-"We Shall Overcome" (1965) In his speech to Congress‚ Johnson clearly talks about the struggles of African-Americans. This speech was given on March 15‚ 1965‚ after the police attacked a group of African-Americans preparing to march to Montgomery. His goal in his speech was to explain the suffering that was happening in many citizens that were denied equal rights. He showed the idea through much supporting evidence and the use
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