Freedom’s pragmatist : Lyndon Johnson and civil rights / Sylvia Ellis.

Ellis, Sylvia.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-320) and index.
  • Formative experiences: childhood and early career — Civil rights in Texas: the House years — Civil rights at the national level: the Senate years — The road to Damascus: the Vice Presidency, 1960-1963 — Firing the presidential cannons: the White House, 1963-1965 — The limits of liberalism: the White House, 1965-1968.
  • An examination of Johnson’s personal and political journey on civil rights, synthesizing available research into a concise study to focus on his record on racial politics.

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