Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
by Nick Kotz
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Author: Nick KotzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-13
ISBN: 0618641831
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
I have to confess that before I read this book, I associated LBJ only with the mysterious Box 13 in Florida and the conspiracy theory that he "stole" the presidency -- hardly what I would call empirical facts about a most amazing U.S. President.
This book introduced me to a whole new side of Lyndon B. Johnson. A man from Texas who was once, at least nominally, associated with the KKK, but whose conscious wouldn't let him continue with them. A man who's best political interests would most likely have been served by avoiding MLK at all costs, but who's passion for justice compelled him to push the U.S. to brink of civil war. While MLK wanted to fight for the black voter, LBJ wanted to fight for everyone who was robbed of free will due to crushing poverty. Together these two conflicting and contradictory men shaped the most revolutionary civil rights legislation since Lincoln and I never knew. I never would have guessed.
This book isn't just history; it's a powerful drama that is so well written, the pages pull the reader through some of the most frightening decisions in the social fabric of our nation. If LBJ went as far as MLK wanted him to, would the nation be torn by riots? If he didn't help the huge sector of American society which remained outside the American dream, would the nation be torn by riots? Would it have been torn regardless of what Washington, D.C. did to try to appease, mitigate or alleviate the tensions?
This is really an incredible read.
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