Freedom's pragmatist [electronic resource] : Lyndon Johnson and civil rights / Sylvia Ellis.
Material type: TextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)ISBN:- 9780813048437
- 0813048435
- 973.923092 23
- E847.2 .E45 2013
Includes bibliographical references 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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