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Reply #25: Because as president, Lincoln had national jurisdiction. [View All]

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Maddy McCall

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Wed Dec-08-04 12:50 AM
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25. Because as president, Lincoln had national jurisdiction.

LBJ was never a Texas legislator, and thus was not empowered to change state laws.

HOWEVER...

He was a United States Senator, and, as Senator, LBJ indeed DID work to change Jim Crow laws. He supported the 1957 Civil Rights act that sought to enable the black vote. Within a year of being sworn in as president, he had passed the Civil Rights Act that ended segregation.

Looking at realms of influence, LBJ definitely did all he could for black social and political equality.

LBJ's social consciousness originated in his early life, when he was a teacher in impoverished Texas schools.

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