HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Buddhist Flag, Credibility Gap, Ngo Dinh Diem
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Lyndon johnson: loved politics could get his way representatives and later became senate majority leader powerless, shadowed by the kennedy brothers and marginalized by. When he became the president, he spoke about building a great society: Abundance and liberty for all (ensure the growth of the middle class reduce poverty end racial discrimination) (e pushed for and passed bills that kennedy couldn"t. Under johnson, federal powers of the government were expanded. The civil rights act (1964: barred racial designation in public accommodations, guaranteed equal rights in the workplace - prohibited discrimination in workplace irrespective of race, religion, nationality or sex. Dismantled jim crow system: )t didn"t say anything about voting rights however, johnson realized that more had to be done. Mississippi freedom summer (1964: coalition of civil rights groups naacp, sclc, sncc organize voter registration campaign throughout rural mississippi to help make, black and white students volunteered from the north and formed. Freedom schools where they would educate black rural.
