Freedom's Pragmatist : Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights

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History has labeled Lyndon B. Johnson ""Lincoln's successor."" But how did a southern president representing a predominately conservative state, with connections to some of the nation's leading segregationists, come to play such an influential role in civil rights histo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ellis, Sylvia
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights.
African Americans > Civil rights.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits.
Civil rights > United States > History.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:History has labeled Lyndon B. Johnson ""Lincoln's successor."" But how did a southern president representing a predominately conservative state, with connections to some of the nation's leading segregationists, come to play such an influential role in civil rights history? In Freedom's Pragmatist, Sylvia Ellis tracks Johnson's personal and political civil rights journey, from his childhood and early adulthood in Texas to his lengthy career in Congress and the Senate to his time as vice president and president. Once in the White House, and pressured constantly by grassroots civi.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780813048437

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