Subj : Re: LBJ Quotes
To   : Mike Powell
From : IB Joe
Date : Sun Oct 06 2024 17:08:50

On 06 Oct 2024, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> 
 MP> "[T]he historical evidence suggests that far from being concerned about
 MP> securing future generations of black votes, one of Johnson's main
 MP> worries -- which, to his credit, didn't prevent him from pushing for
 MP> passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- was losing the votes of white
 MP> Southerners. His former press secretary, Bill Moyers, recounted this
 MP> scene in his 2004 book Moyers on America:
 MP> 

Partially right...

The Democrats filibustered the bill for over 70 days.  It was the Republican party that found the votes to push it past threshold.

LBJ, who just happened to be the President at the time, signed it into law.

IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB) 
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