HIST2475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Eugene Mccarthy, Dan Rather, Lyndon B. Johnson
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The civil rights movement was rudderless after his death of the 1968 presidential election. Martin luther king jr. assassinated a week after johnson says he"s pulling out. White students in arlington, texas celebrated mlk"s death. Worst riots were in washington dc final casualty count of 48 deaths (cid:498)1(cid:891)6(cid:890): the year the dream died(cid:499) (cid:498)fire in the streets(cid:499) (cid:498)america"s suicide attempt(cid:499) Election of 1968: one of the most tragic in american history. Everyone thought johnson was going to be the democratic candidate. Democrats would support him, but if he didn"t he would. The american"s meet with the south vietnamese, north vietnamese, and viet. The americans and north vietnamese are unflinching in their demands. Huge debate over the shape of the table. Eugene mccarthy got off to a good start then he became pretty stagnant and. If he continued to support the idea of military victory no alienate president johnson.
