Calculating Visions - Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights (Paperback)

In June 1963, in the midst of national turmoil brought about by civil rights demonstrations, John Kennedy sent his administration's first major civil rights bill to the Congress. Still unsure about this move, he asked his brother Robert, "Do you think we did the right thing?" Within days of assuming the presidency, Lyndon Johnson publicly committed himself to civil rights as a "memorial" to his predecessor. Privately he told Georgia's Senator Richard Russell, the leader of the South in Congress, "Dick, you've got to get out of my way. I'm going to run you over." President Johnson would not compromise or equivocate on civil rights. John Kennedy of Massachusetts yielded to the pressure of events and became an ally of the movement, despite his fear that supporting civil rights could cost him votes in Congress and the nation. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, whom liberals loathed because he often gutted their prize legislation, became the committed champion of civil rights. Together their administrations became synonymous with the Second Reconstruction, though neither president had a prior record of strong civil rights commitment. Mark Stern explains how each man pursued power and votes, and ultimately redirected his own course of action and altered the nation's future. Mark Stern is a professor of political science and director of the University Honors Program at the University of Central Florida.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Perspectives on the Sixties series
Release date:	February 1992
First published:	March 1992
Authors:	Mark J. Stern
Dimensions:	165 x 241 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8135-1744-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
LSN:	0-8135-1744-3
Barcode:	9780813517445

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