1. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Civil Right Movement
Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and Whitney Young in the Oval Office on January 18th, 1964

2. Preview of Selma
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3. Oval Office Clip from Selma
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How do these two clips depict MLK?
How do these two clips depict LBJ?

4. Lyndon Baines Johnson Democrat from Texas
Member of Congress from
Sworn into office after JFK’s assassination on November 22nd, 1963
Designed the “Great Society”
Civil Rights
Medicare/Medicaid
Education
War on Poverty
Urban development

5. What do we already know about the Civil Rights Movement?
Pass out the timelines and read aloud

6. Civil Rights Act, July 1964
Replaced John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Act from 1957
Banned racial discrimination in public areas and guarantee equal job opportunities

7. Presidential Election 1964
LBJ won 44 out 50 states plus DC less than a year after taking office for JFK

8. Selma to Montgomery, March 1965

9. March 7th, 1965
Civil rights marchers in Selma being beaten by Alabama police

10. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act
August 6th, 1965 in the President’s Room

11. Central Historical Questions: Was LBJ a Civil Rights leader or reluctant follower?