AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: The Other America
30 Sep 2018
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America was a third word for blacks. Slums in the north were just as bad as the south. Johnson wanted to pass the civil rights movement that kennedy"s government had started. Johnson hated mlk, but was willing to work with him. Johnson declared war on poverty of americas. Wrote a book the other america . Looked at poor immigrants (blacks in the south; hispanics, mexicans in. Black person gets pulled over for dangerous driving. A group of spectators were watching the arrest and thought it was another instance of racially motivated abuse on a black person by a white cop. Most famous and bloody of all the riots. Challengers arising in johnson"s own party as tet is rising in vietnam. Johnson is challenged by bobby kennedy (rfk younger brother) Johnson goes on national tv to announce that he is not running again. Due to huge opposition about his ability to solve the racial issues and get.
