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Freedom's pragmatist : Lyndon Johnson and civil rights / Sylvia Ellis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Sylvia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4718-8
- 0-8130-4617-3
- 0-8130-4843-5
- OCLC:
- 861559680
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