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It soon became clear to Johnson that there were still gaps that had been left by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, but Johnson feared attempts to close them would be hindered by uncooperative Southern Congressmen. After Martin Luther King’s campaign in Selma, Alabama to get African Americans to register to vote Johnson felt he could act, reminding Americans that one individual’s disenfranchisement "undermines the freedom of every citizen".
The 1965 Voting Rights Act had a dramatic effect on the South, changing the political complexion of the area, to make it more racially integrated. Lyndon Johnson’s own Democratic Party achieved political gain as a result of the act, the enlarged black vote helped to counteract the loss of Southern whites for the Democratic Party. After this legislation it became increasingly difficult to obtain reforming acts, the 1968 Civil Rights Act doing little more to help the African American community.
Many believe that Johnson was able to pass the 1964 and 1965 Acts because of an exceptional set of circumstances. During his 24 years in Congress Johnson had gained unprecedented experience in getting legislation through Congress. He also had an unusual two- thirds of Congress in his favour and Congressmen felt particularly after Kennedy’s assassination that they should be righting national wrongs. Johnson was himself exceptionally persuasive and determined and had a lifelong commitment to helping the poor.
Lyndon Johnson followed Kennedy’s example in using his executive authority to help the African Americans. 1965-6 Johnson worked to help African Americans through manipulation of federal funding, such as offering federal subsidies to southern states, which co-operated in school desegregation (despite it being 11 years after the BROWN decision!) so he was using the immense power of the federal purse. Johnson was also seen to be pro-African Americans in other ways, by appointing an African American Supreme Court judge, Thurgood Marshall.

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For some unknown reason, Goulet consistantly tries to undemine JFK, considering this Purple HEart achiever and almost Hollywoodish saving of a crew member once his boat was crashed, impeccable grades, self enrolled in the navy (after the army rejected him) and achievements in under two years of service , including the birht of the Civil Rights Act, would place him high in the ranking of US PResidents.... had he been alive, he would have penned the law not LBJ..... not that LBJ was a bad president , he too would rank highly....

so when you have a person of this caliber, he is hardly an 'hijito de papi y mami'..... thats more likethe definition of dubya ! sorry but true.

Why some try to rip into JFK is befuddling to me ...

Glim I showed him video of JFK where everything he proposed was signed into law the following year and more video of african american activist that LBJ signing of the bill was a memorial to jfk. showed him archive from the US senate and he brought me a blog

This were A few of JFK's enemies: The Russian, Fidel Castro, CIA, Edgar Hoover (FBI), Military Brass, Southern Block, The Italian Mafia (thank to his brother), and finally THE MIAMI CUBAN.


check for me which one GC fit

Glim
LBJ downfall was his own fault. He should had learned from JFK handling the military warmonger Gen Lemay and a few other knuclehead who almost went into nuclear war without the authorization of the president. LBJ was sucker punch by the military industrial complex. And yes he would had been one of the great president if not for Vietnam.