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What was president johnsons role in passing civil rights legislation?
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∙ 13y ago
I suppose it depends whom you ask.
Johnson helped push through key civil rights legislation -- the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was one, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and actually devoting federal enforcement power.
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