Lyndon B. Johnson's Impact On Civil Rights

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Introduction “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” - Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson was a man who didn't focus on the past but spent his life to make the future better. He didn't want power for himself but to empower the people that were poor and discriminated. Lyndon B. Johnson was a great leader and person who grew threw all his struggles, and left a lasting positive impact on civil rights in this country. Biographical Information Lyndon B. Johnson grew up in a tough time for america there was world war 1, segregation, and discrimination against women. His parents were Texas pioneers. He was born on August 27, 1908 in Texas. Johnson was the oldest of five. He had three sisters and one brother. When Johnson was a toddler he was restless and would wander away. He did not like to play with kids his age, so all his friends were older than him. He always loved politics from a young age. When Johnson moved to Johnson City, Texas at five, he polished peoples shoes at the barber shop. In 1928 he graduated from high school only 4 years after women got voting rights, and train hopped to california…show more content…
This made him think that his parents were right about him going to college ("Lyndon B. Johnson"). Johnson then attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Johnson had to leave college because of financial problems. He went to Cotulla Texas and taught poor children which made him who he was, a great, kind person, and president. When he got enuf money he went back to college and donated stuff to the kids in Catula. When Johnson was pushing the Civil Rights bill of 1964 he had a lot of obstacles. The biggest obstacle he had was the 60 day filibuster. Never before on a civil rights bill had the Senate gotten enough votes to end a filibuster. Only five times in the history of the cloture had the Senate agreed to cloture for

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