Hi again. It seems that I have been basing my posts on more serious matters from our world, and this post won’t be breaking that pattern. Today, I am going to be writing and focussing this post on a man who made the push to ultimately change America as a nation. He altered the course of every American’s life, for better or worse, in a time of chaos and need for change. This man was Lyndon B. Johnson, and I am looking into why and how he managed to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I dug out lots of information about the background of Lyndon B. Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and how they impacted one another. To answer my main question of “What evidence is there that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was important to Johnson?”, I decided to make a short iMovie that explained my response in a deeper and more interesting manner.
Enjoy:
So, the movie that I made might not have fully explained how the Civil Rights Act was important to L.B.J. I believe that working alongside John F. Kennedy and his belief of equality, sparked something inside of President Johnson, that gave him the drive and the passion to continue Kennedy’s Civil Rights work. To me, this displayed the importance of the bill to Lyndon B. Johnson, and that he wasn’t just carrying on Kennedy’s legacy. Simultaneously, he was creating his own. He worked extremely hard to find the right people and resources to get the Act put into motion. And I also feel as though his previous experience in politics and power of manipulation and persuasion, gave him a better chance at getting the bill approved. I am unsure of how effective President Kennedy would have been in Johnson’s place…Would he have gotten the bill signed and approved as quickly and efficiently as L.B.J? Just something to think about for next time I guess…
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