Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the laws that changed America
Kotz, Nick
2005
Examines the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the aftermath of John Kennedy's assassination and in relation to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Contains essays by various scholars in which they examine the key decisions of President Lyndon B.Johnson, looking at Johnson's attempts to build the Great Society, his record on Civil Rights, his actions regarding the Vietnam War, and his decision in 1968 to withdraw from the presidential race.
Articles discussing different sides of the issues of the 1960s in the United States including the space race, social problems, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, women's liberation, and rejection of law and order.