CSPAN3 President Johnson And The Great Society July 26, 2014
You get a real flavor for how Lyndon Johnson lobbies and puts together legislation. It allows you to hr the people he was working with and how they tried to put pressure on the white house. We are looking at president johnson and the Voting Rights act and the civil rights act. Is it a good time to reassess his five and a half years in the white house . Absolutely. There are many reasons. One is the enormity of everything that was accomplished then. I think that we are looking back on it with appreciation. Whatever side of the spectrum you are on, just the fact that so much legislation came out...