All Posts Tagged With: "Lyndon B. Johnson"
Around the history blogosphere: October 31
Here are some recent posts related to primary source documents from other history blogs:
The American Presidents Blog on Eisenhower’s political TV ads on the famous LBJ “Daisy” ad
The Edge of the American West on the Lend-Lease Act
The History Channel on Martin Luther’s 95 theses
The Edge of the American West on the National Organization for Women’s [...]
Joan E. Cashin on LBJ and race
In August we observe the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill, one of the greatest achievements of LBJ’s term, is celebrated for making the suffrage a reality for millions of black voters.
Many people were surprised that Johnson turned out to be so progressive on the issue [...]
Charles L. Zelden on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 6 is the 43rd anniversary of the signing into law of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Designed to combat race-based (and as later amended, ethnic-based) discrimination in voting, the act has proven to be one of the most successful pieces of civil rights legislation ever adopted. In fact, one can argue that the [...]
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Doc of the Day: Voting Rights Act of 1965
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act employed various measures and procedures to restore suffrage to excluded minority voters in the South and later in the nation as a whole. In doing this, the Voting Rights Act permitted, and even required, the federal government to [...]
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Doc of the Day: July 2
On July 2, 1862, the Morrill Act was passed by Congress. The act bears the name of its creator, the Vermont Republican representative Justin Smith Morrill. Passed during the Civil War, the act marked the beginning of the federal government’s involvement in public higher education. With it, Congress gave each state thirty thousand acres of [...]
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