TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Sylvia ED - Project Muse. TI - Freedom's pragmatist: Lyndon Johnson and civil rights SN - 9780813048437 AV - E847.2 .E45 2013 U1 - 973.923092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - Johnson, Lyndon B. KW - Civil rights KW - United States KW - History KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights movements KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813048437/ ER -