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Hace 2 días · A master of the art of practical politics, Lyndon Johnson came into the White House after the tragedy of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. He was energetic, shrewd, and hugely ambitious.
29 de oct. de 2009 · Many of the programs he championed—Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act—had a profound and lasting impact on health, education and civil rights.
Hace 5 días · Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th U.S. president, who championed civil rights and the ‘Great Society’ but unsuccessfully oversaw the Vietnam War. A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the Senate, he was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Johnson's stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white, Southern Democrats. His civil rights legacy was shaped by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Johnson's foreign policy prioritized containment of communism, including in the ongoing Vietnam War.
23 de ene. de 2023 · On August 7, 1957, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson voted yea on the first civil rights bill passed by Congress in 82 years. He was joined by 71 of his Senate colleagues, including...
President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, in a nationally televised ceremony in the East Room of the White House before Congressional leaders and civil rights leaders instrumental in the bill’s passage.
29 de nov. de 2022 · LBJ aplaudió la Ley de derechos civiles de 1964. Enlarge. Al dirigirse al congreso en una sesión el 27 de noviembre de 1963, presidente Lyndon Johnson pidió pronta acción sobre la propuesta de ley sobre derechos civiles. (Biblioteca LBJ) English. verano 2004, Vol. 36, No. 2. Por Ted Gittinger y Allen Fisher.
